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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Normichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Platytroctidae
Genus: Normichthys
A. E. Parr, 1951
Type species
Normichthys operosus
A. E. Parr, 1951

Normichthys is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.

The name of the genus honours the British ichthyologist John Roxborough Norman who reported the type species of this genus, N. operosus, as Talismania homoptera in 1930.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Paltytroctidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. Christopher Scharpf (10 March 2024). "Family PLATYTROCTIDAE Koefoed 1927 (Tubeshoulders)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Normichthys". FishBase. February 2012 version.
Taxon identifiers
Normichthys


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