Hyperoglyphe

Hyperoglyphe is a genus of medusafishes native to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Hyperoglyphe
Barrelfish (H. perciformis)
Pacific barrelfish (H. japonica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Centrolophidae
Genus: Hyperoglyphe
Günther, 1859
Type species
Diagramma porosa
J. Richardson, 1845
Synonyms

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819) (Bluenose warehou)
  • Hyperoglyphe bythites (Ginsburg, 1954) (Black driftfish)
  • Hyperoglyphe japonica (Döderlein (de), 1884) (Pacific barrelfish)
  • Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
  • Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818) (Barrelfish)
  • Hyperoglyphe pringlei (J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (Black butterfish)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hyperoglyphe in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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