Bolinichthys
| Bolinichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Spurcheek Lanternfish (B. photothorax) | |
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| Specimen of Bolinichthys supralateralis from the North Atlantic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | Myctophidae |
| Genus: | Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972 |
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Bolinichthys is a genus of lanternfishes.
Etymology
The genus is named in honour of Rolf Ling Bolin (1901–1973), an ichthyologist and lanternfish specialist from the Hopkins Marine Station.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Bolinichthys distofax R. K. Johnson, 1975
- Bolinichthys indicus (B. G. Nafpaktitis & M. K. Nafpaktitis, 1969) (lanternfish)
- Bolinichthys longipes (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (popeye lampfish)
- Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker, 1978 (Nikolay's lanternfish)
- Bolinichthys photothorax (A. E. Parr, 1928) (spurcheek lanternfish)
- Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890) (fiery lanternfish)
- Bolinichthys supralateralis (A. E. Parr, 1928) (stubby lanternfish)
References
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bolinichthys Paxton [J. R.] 1972". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bolinichthys". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ↑ Drazen, Jeffrey C.; De Forest, Lisa G.; Domokos, Reka (2011-05-01). "Micronekton abundance and biomass in Hawaiian waters as influenced by seamounts, eddies, and the moon". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 58 (5): 557–566. Bibcode:2011DSRI...58..557D. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.002. ISSN 0967-0637.
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