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.

Neoscombrops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Neoscombrops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Neoscombrops in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. 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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