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Mascarenichthys

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Genus of fishes

Mascarenichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Tribe: Dinematichthyini
Genus: Mascarenichthys
Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
Type species
Mascarenichthys heemstrai
Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007

Mascarenichthys is a genus of viviparous brotulas. They have mostly been collected from the region of Mascarene Plateau in the Indian Ocean and this is referred to in their generic name.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Mascarenichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Mascarenichthys". FishBase. June 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Mascarenichthys


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