Oceanic basslets

The oceanic basslets are ray-finned fish that belong to the small family Howellidae within the superfamily Percoidea of the suborder Percoidei part of the order Perciformes. The family includes about 9 species. They are mostly deep-water species, some of which move to shallower waters at night. Various species are found in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, including the Coral Sea, and Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea.[3]

Oceanic basslets
Howella brodiei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Howellidae
Ogilby, 1899[1]
Genera[2]

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Genera

The following three genera are classified as part of the Howellidae:[2][4]

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References
  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Howellidae" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. "Basslets" at AnimalSpot web site Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Howellidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

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