Howella
Encyclopedia
Howella is a genus
of temperate perch
es in the family
Percichthyidae. There is some debate of the placement of this genus. Some ichthyologists place this in the family Howellidae.
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...
of temperate perch
Temperate perch
The members of Percichthyidae family are known as the temperate perches. They belong to the Order Perciformes or perch-like fishes.The name Percichthyidae derives from the Ancient Greek words Perca for 'perch' and ichthyos for 'fish' and translated basically means perch-like...
es in the family
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...
Percichthyidae. There is some debate of the placement of this genus. Some ichthyologists place this in the family Howellidae.
Species
- Genus Howella
- Pelagic bassletPelagic bassletThe pelagic basslet, Howella brodiei, is an oceanic basslet of the family Howellidae, found circumglobally in tropical and subtropical oceans, at depths down to 1,800 m. Its length is up to 15 cm.-References:...
, Howella brodiei OgilbyWilliam OgilbyWilliam Ogilby was an Irish barrister and naturalist.Ogilby was honorary secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1846....
, 1899 - Howella parini Fedoryako, 1976
- Howella sherborni (Norman, 1930)
- Howella zina Fedoryako, 1976
- Pelagic basslet