Bathyclupea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Bathyclupeidae
Genus: Bathyclupea
Species: B. argentea – B. elongata – B. gracilis – B. hoskynii – B. malayana – B. megaceps – B. schroederi
Name

Bathyclupea Alcock in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
References

Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. 1891b. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer ‘Investigator,’ Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding.—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91. Annals and magazine of natural history. (6)8(44): 119–138. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Bathyclupea – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bathyclupea species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Bathyclupea is a genus of perciform fishes belonging to a small family Bathyclupeidae.[2]
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock, 1891 (Indian deepsea herring)
Bathyclupea nikparini Prokofiev, 2014 (Parin's deepsea herring) [3]
Bathyclupea schroederi Dick, 1962 (Schroeder's deepsea herring)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bathyclupea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Bathyclupea in FishBase. January 2016 version.
Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Deepsea Herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (2): 137-145.