Argyripnus
Argyripnus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the 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.
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| Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
| Genus: | Argyripnus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 |
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Argyripnus atlanticus Maul, 1952
- Argyripnus brocki Struhsaker, 1973 (Brock's Bristle-mouth Fish)
- Argyripnus electronus Parin, 1992
- Argyripnus ephippiatus C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897 (Gilbert & Cramer's Bristle-mouth Fish)
- Argyripnus hulleyi Quéro, Spitz & Vayne, 2009 (Reunion bristle-mouth fish)
- Argyripnus iridescens McCulloch, 1926 (Brilliant Pearlside)
- Argyripnus pharos Harold & Lancaster, 2003
Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago.[2]
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Argyripnus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- Sepkoski (2002)
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Argyripnus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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