Nicholsina

Nicholsina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfishes from the family Scaridae. They are found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958) who was curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

Nicholsina
Nicholsina usta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Nicholsina
Fowler, 1915[1]
Type species
Cryptotomus beryllinus (as a synonym of Nicholsina usta)

Species

There are currently three species classified in the genus:[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nicholsina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Nicholsina in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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