Argyripnus
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- "Bristle-mouth fish" redirects here. This may also refer to the related genus Maurolicus or the family Gonostomatidae.
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Argyripnus
C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897
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Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). A. iridescens is called "pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [1]
- Argyripnus atlanticus Maul, 1952
- Argyripnus brocki Struhsaker, 1973 (Brock's Bristle-mouth Fish)
- Argyripnus electronus Parin, 1992
- Argyripnus ephippiatus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Gilbert & Cramer's Bristle-mouth Fish)
- Argyripnus hulleyi Quéro, Spitz & Vayne, 2009 (Reunion bristle-mouth fish)
- Argyripnus iridescens McCulloch, 1926 (Brilliant Pearlside)
- Argyripnus pharos Harold & Lancaster, 2003
Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Argyripnus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ↑ Sepkoski (2002)
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Argyripnus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletin of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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