Valenciennellus

Valenciennellus is a genus of marine hatchetfishes. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.

Constellationfishes
Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Stomiiformes
Family:
Sternoptychidae
Subfamily:
Maurolicinae
Genus:
Valenciennellus

Type species
Maurolicus tripunctulatus
Esmark, 1871

Species

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

  • Valenciennellus carlsbergi Bruun, 1931
  • Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark (sv), 1871) (Constellationfish)

Fossils of constellationfishes are known since the Early Eocene, more than 40 million years ago.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Valenciennellus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Valenciennellus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt


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