Mascarenichthys

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.[2]

Mascarenichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Tribe: Dinematichthyini
Genus: Mascarenichthys
Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
Type species
Mascarenichthys heemstrai
Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Mascarenichthys heemstrai Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
  • Mascarenichthys microphthalmus Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007
  • Mascarenichthys remotus Schwarzhans & Møller, 2011

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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Mascarenichthys in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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