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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: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Gempylidae
Genus: Neoepinnula
Species: N. americana – N. minetomai – N. orientalis

Name
Neoepinnula Matsubara & Iwai, 1952

Neoepinnula is a genus of snake mackerels, also known as sackfish.[1]
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

Neoepinnula americana (M. G. Grey, 1953) (American sackfish)
Neoepinnula minetomai Nakayama, Y. Kimura & Endo, 2014 (Large-eyed sackfish) [2]
Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Sackfish)

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neoepinnula". FishBase. February 2018 version.
Nakayama, N., Kimura, Y. & Endo, H. (2014): Neoepinnula minetomai, a new species of sackfish from off Kuchierabu-jima Island, southern Japan (Actinopterygii: Gempylidae). Ichthyological Research, 62 (3): 320-326.

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