Normichthys

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.

Normichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae
Genus:	Normichthys A. E. Parr, 1951
Type species
Normichthys operosus A. E. Parr, 1951[1]

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.^[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Normichthys herringi Sazonov & Merrett, 2001
• Normichthys operosus A. E. Parr, 1951 (Multipore searsid)
• Normichthys yahganorum Lavenberg, 1965