Nansenia (fish) explained

Nansenia is a genus of pencil smelts.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

• Nansenia ahlstromi Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia antarctica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia ardesiaca D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Robust smallmouth)
• Nansenia atlantica Blache & Rossignol, 1962
• Nansenia boreacrassicauda J. Y. Poulsen, 2015 (Northern fat-tail pencil smelt) ^[1]
• Nansenia candida Cohen, 1958 (Blue-throat argentine)
• Nansenia crassa Lavenberg, 1965 (Stout argentine)
• Nansenia groenlandica (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1840) (Greenland argentine)
• Nansenia iberica Matallanas, 1985
• Nansenia indica Kobyliansky, 1992
• Nansenia longicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1922)
• Nansenia megalopa Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia oblita (Facciolà, 1887) (forgotten argentine, Mediterranean large-eyed argentine)
• Nansenia obscura Kobyliansky & S. G. Usachev, 1992
• Nansenia pelagica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia tenera Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
• Nansenia tenuicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984

Notes and References

1. Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt Nansenia boreacrassicauda (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 4020 (3): 517-532.