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.

"Pearlside" redirects here. This may also refer to the related Argyripnus iridescens.

Pearlsides
Temporal range: Miocene to Present
Mueller's pearlside, Maurolicus muelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Sternoptychidae
Genus: Maurolicus
Cocco, 1838
Diversity
15 species

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • 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)

Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Maurolicus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Maurolicus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt


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