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Paralepididae
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Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera, including Holosteus and Drimys, are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch.
Species
barracudinas
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAulopiformes
- FamilyParalepididae
Les lussions (Paralepididae) forment une famille de poissons abyssaux. Liste d'espèces Il y a 63 espèces dans 13 genres: Genre Anotopterus Anotopterus nikparini Anotopterus pharao Anotopterus vorax Genre Arctozenus Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840). Genre Dolichosudis Dolichosudis fuliginosa Post, 1969. Genre Lestidiops Lestidiops affinis (Ege, 1933). Lestidiops bathyopteryx (Fowler, 1944). Lestidiops cadenati (Maul, 1962). Lestidiops distans (Ege, 1953). Lestidiops extrema (Ege, 1953). Lestidiops gracilis (Ege, 1933). Lestidiops indopacifica (Ege, 1953). Lestidiops jayakari (Boulenger, 1889). Lestidiops mirabilis (Ege, 1933). Lestidiops neles (Harry, 1953). Lestidiops pacificus (Parr, 1931). Lestidiops ringens (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880). Lestidiops similis (Ege, 1933). Lestidiops sphyraenopsis Hubbs, 1916. Lestidiops sphyrenoides (Risso, 1820). Genre Lestidium Lestidium atlanticum (Krøyer, 1868). Lestidium bigelowi Deep water pike smelt, Lestidium nudum Gilbert, 1905. Lestidium prolixum Harry, 1953. Genre Lestrolepis Lestrolepis intermedia (Ege, 1933). Lestrolepis japonica (Tanaka, 1908). Naked barracuda, Lestrolepis luetkeni (Ege, 1933). Lestrolepis pofi (Harry, 1953). Genre M
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,884
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Paralepididae
- Collections
- DESZC-CUCSUR-UDG, UWFC, TCWC, USNM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Portugal
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology and life history
- References
- External links
Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera, including Holosteus and Drimys, are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch.
The generic name Paralepis (for which the family is named) is from Greek - para meaning "somewhat", '' meaning "scaled".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paralepididae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.