Valenciennellus
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valenciennellus is a genus of marine hatchetfishes. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.
Constellationfishes Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Stomiiformes |
Family: | Sternoptychidae |
Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
Genus: | Valenciennellus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
Type species | |
Maurolicus tripunctulatus Esmark, 1871 |
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Fossils of constellationfishes are known since the Early Eocene, more than 40 million years ago.[2]
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