Nansenia (fish)

Nansenia
Nansenia groenlandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Argentiniformes
Family:
Microstomatidae
Genus:
Nansenia

Nansenia is a genus of pencil smelts.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

  • Nansenia ahlstromi Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia antarctica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia ardesiaca D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Robust smallmouth)
  • Nansenia atlantica Blache & Rossignol, 1962
  • Nansenia boreacrassicauda J. Y. Poulsen, 2015 (Northern fat-tail pencil smelt) [1]
  • Nansenia candida Cohen, 1958 (Blue-throat argentine)
  • Nansenia crassa Lavenberg, 1965 (Stout argentine)
  • Nansenia groenlandica (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1840) (Greenland argentine)
  • Nansenia iberica Matallanas, 1985
  • Nansenia indica Kobyliansky, 1992
  • Nansenia longicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1922)
  • Nansenia megalopa Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia oblita (Facciolà, 1887)
  • Nansenia obscura Kobyliansky & S. G. Usachev, 1992
  • Nansenia pelagica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia tenera Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
  • Nansenia tenuicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
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References
  1. Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt Nansenia boreacrassicauda (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 4020 (3): 517-532.


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