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Maurolicus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Sternoptychidae

Scientific name
  
Maurolicus

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Maurolicinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Stomiiformes

Maurolicus Fish Identification

Similar
  
Sternoptychidae, Stomiiformes, Argyropelecus, Sternoptyx, Gonostomatidae

Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:

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  • Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838
  • Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875 (pennant pearlside)
  • Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
  • Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Emperor seamount lightfish)
  • Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
  • Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915 (North Pacific lightfish)
  • Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Javan pearlside)
  • Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
  • Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, 1871
  • Maurolicus muelleri (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Silvery lightfish, Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish)
  • Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888
  • Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
  • Maurolicus stehmanni Parin & Kobyliansky, 1996
  • Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
  • Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Atlantic pearlside, Weitzman's pearlside)

    • Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.

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    References

    Maurolicus Wikipedia
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