Argyripnus Temporal range: Late
Oligocene to Present
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Argyripnus ephippiatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Sternoptychidae |
Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
Genus: |
Argyripnus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 |
Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). A. iridescens is called " pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [1]
Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago. [2]
Argyripnus Temporal range: Late
Oligocene to Present
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Argyripnus ephippiatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Sternoptychidae |
Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
Genus: |
Argyripnus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 |
Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). A. iridescens is called " pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [1]
Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago. [2]