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
Superordo: Stenopterygii
Ordo: Stomiiformes
Subordo: Gonostomatoidei
Familia: Sternoptychidae
Subfamilia: Maurolicinae
Genus: Maurolicus
Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.
Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.[1]
Species
There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838
Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875 (pennant pearlside)
Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Emperor seamount lightfish)
Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915 (North Pacific lightfish)
Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Javan pearlside)
Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, 1871
Maurolicus muelleri (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Silvery lightfish, Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish)
Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888
Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Maurolicus stehmanni Parin & Kobyliansky, 1996
Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993
Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Atlantic pearlside, Weitzman's pearlside)
References
Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Maurolicus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Maurolicus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
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