Bathyclupea

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Bathyclupeidae Fossil range: Early Eocene to Present[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Percoidei Superfamily: Percoidea Family: Bathyclupeidae Genus: Bathyclupea Alcock, 1891
Species
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Bathyclupeidae is a small family of perciform fishes, containing seven species in the single genus Bathyclupea.

They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. They grow up to about 20 cm long.

[edit] Species

• Bathyclupea argentea Goode & Bean, 1896.
• Bathyclupea elongata Trunov, 1975.
• Bathyclupea gracilis Fowler, 1938.
• Bathyclupea hoskynii Alcock, 1891.
• Bathyclupea malayana Weber, 1913.
• Bathyclupea megaceps Fowler, 1938.
• Bathyclupea schroederi Dick, 1962.

[edit] References

• "Bathyclupeidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
• "Bathyclupea". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.