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Valenciennellus

Constellationfishes
Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Subfamily: Maurolicinae
Genus: Valenciennellus
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Type species
Maurolicus tripunctulatus
Esmark, 1871

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

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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