Valenciennellus

Valenciennellus is a genus of marine hatchetfishes. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.

Constellationfishes Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present
Scientific classification
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

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Valenciennellus carlsbergi Bruun, 1931
• Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark (sv), 1871) (Constellationfish)

Fossils of constellationfishes are known since the Early Eocene, more than 40 million years ago.^[2]