Nansenia (genus)

Updated on Nov 21, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Family Microstomatidae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Argentiniformes

Similar Microstomatidae, Deep‑sea smelt, Bathylagus, Argentiniformes, Notoscopelus

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)

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)

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

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