Neoscombrops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Acropomatidae |
Genus: |
Neoscombrops Gilchrist, 1922 |
Type species | |
Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922
[1]
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Neoscombrops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Acropomatidae, the lanternbellies or glowbellies. [2] The fish in this genus are found in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The following species are classified within the genus: [2]
Neoscombrops was created by the Scottish South African zoologist John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) in 1922 when he described Neoscombrops annectens. [1] However, some authorities merge this genus with Verilus. [3] Fishbase continues to recognise it as a separate genus. [2]
Neoscombrops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Acropomatidae |
Genus: |
Neoscombrops Gilchrist, 1922 |
Type species | |
Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922
[1]
|
Neoscombrops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Acropomatidae, the lanternbellies or glowbellies. [2] The fish in this genus are found in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans.
The following species are classified within the genus: [2]
Neoscombrops was created by the Scottish South African zoologist John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) in 1922 when he described Neoscombrops annectens. [1] However, some authorities merge this genus with Verilus. [3] Fishbase continues to recognise it as a separate genus. [2]