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Prototroctes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Prototroctes

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Retropinnidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Osmeriformes

Lower classifications
  
Australian grayling, New Zealand grayling

Prototroctes is a genus of New Zealand smelts containing one species native to Australia and another, now extinct, species formerly native to New Zealand.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Prototroctes maraena Günther, 1864 (Australian grayling)
  • †Prototroctes oxyrhynchus Günther, 1870 (New Zealand grayling)

    • References

    Prototroctes Wikipedia
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