Bathyclupea
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The deepsea herrings are perciform fishes belonging to a small family
(Bathyclupeidae) with a single genus
(Bathyclupea) containing seven species of deep water fishes.
They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico
, Indian Ocean
and western Pacific Ocean
. They grow up to about 20 cm long.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Bathyclupeidae) with a single genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
(Bathyclupea) containing seven species of deep water fishes.
They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...
, Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
and western Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
. They grow up to about 20 cm long.
Species
- Bathyclupea argentea GoodeGeorge Brown GoodeGeorge Brown Goode , was an ichthyologist, although most of his time was spent as a museum administrator and he was very interested in the history of science, especially the history of the development of science in America. Goode graduated from Wesleyan University and studied at Harvard University...
& BeanTarleton Hoffman BeanTarleton Hoffman Bean was an American ichthyologist, born at Bainbridge, Pennsylvania on 8 October 1846. He died in Albany, New York on 28 December 1916.-FAMILY AND EDUCATION :...
, 1896. - Bathyclupea elongata Trunov, 1975.
- Bathyclupea gracilis Fowler, 1938.
- Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock, 1891.
- Bathyclupea malayana Weber, 1913.
- Bathyclupea megaceps Fowler, 1938.
- Bathyclupea schroederi Dick, 1962.