Neobathyclupea Explained

Neobathyclupea is a genus of fish in the family Bathyclupeidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

• Neobathyclupea argentea (Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896) (West Atlantic deep-sea herring)
• Neobathyclupea elongata (Trunov, 1975) (Slender deep-sea herring)
• Neobathyclupea gracilis (Fowler, 1938) (West Pacific deep-sea herring)
• Neobathyclupea japanotaiwana (Prokofiev, 2014) (North Pacific deep-sea herring) ^[1]
• Neobathyclupea malayana (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Malaysian deep-sea herring)
• Neobathyclupea megaceps (Fowler, 1938) (Big-headed deep-sea herring)
• Neobathyclupea melanoptera Prokofiev, Gon & Psomadakis, 2016 ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Prokofiev, A.M. . 2014 . Taxonomy and Distribution of Deepsea Herring (Bathyclupeidae) in Oceans . Journal of Ichthyology . 54 . 8 . 493–500 . 10.1134/S0032945214050063.
2. Artem M. Prokofiev . Ofer Gon . Peter N. Psomadakis . amp . 2016 . A new species of Neobathyclupea from the northern Indian Ocean with comments on N. malayana (Teleostei, Perciformes, Bathyclupeidae) . Zootaxa . 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.5 . 5208 . 5. free . Abstract