Hime (fish)

Hime is a genus of flagfins native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Hime
Hime japonica
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Hime

Starks, 1924
Type species
Aulopus japonicus
Günther, 1877

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:

  • Hime capitonis M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (New Caledonian flagfin) [1]
  • Hime caudizoma M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (Indonesian flagfin) [1]
  • Hime curtirostris (J. M. Thomson, 1967) (short-snout threadsail)
  • Hime formosana (S. C. Lee & W. C. Chao, 1994)
  • Hime japonica (Günther, 1877) (Japanese thread-sail)
  • Hime microps Parin & Kotlyar, 1989
  • Hime pyrhistion M. F. Gomon, Struthers & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (flaming flagfin) [2]
  • Hime surrubea M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (rosy flagfin) [1]

References

  1. Gomon, M.F. & Struthers, C.D. (2015): Three new species of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Hime (Aulopidae, Aulopiformes), all resembling the type species H. japonica (Günther 1877). Zootaxa, 4044 (3): 371–390.
  2. Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. (2013): A New Genus and Two New Species of the Family Aulopidae (Aulopiformes), Commonly Referred to as Aulopus, Flagfins, Sergeant Bakers or Threadsails, in Australasian Waters. Species Diversity, 18 (2): 141–161.


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