Neoscombrops
Neoscombrops is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the family Acropomatidae, the lanternbellies or glowbellies.[2] The fish in this genus are found in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acropomatidae |
| Genus: | Neoscombrops Gilchrist, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist, 1922[1] | |
Species
The following species are classified within the genus:[2]
- Neoscombrops atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)
- Neoscombrops cynodon (Regan, 1921) (Silver splitfin)
- Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki, 1979
Taxonomy
Neoscombrops was created by the Scottish South African zoologist John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) in 1922 when he described Neoscombrops annectens.[1] However, some authorities merge this genus with Verilus.[3] Fishbase continues to recognise it as a separate genus.[2]
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Neoscombrops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Neoscombrops in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- Yamanoue, Y. (2016). "Revision of the genus Verilus (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) with a description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 89 (5): 2375–2398. doi:10.1111/jfb.13124. Abstract
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