Retropinnidae

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Retropinnidae
New Zealand smelt, Retropinna retropinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osmeriformes Family: Retropinnidae
Genera
See text for genera and species.

Retropinnidae is a family of fish, that contains the southern hemisphere smelts and graylings. Species from this family are only found in southeastern Australia and New Zealand.

[edit] Genera and species

• Genus Prototroctes
  • Australian grayling, Prototroctes maraena Günther, 1864.
  • New Zealand grayling, Prototroctes oxyrhynchus Günther, 1870.
• Genus Retropinna
  • New Zealand smelt, Retropinna retropinna (Richardson, 1848).
  • Australian smelt, Retropinna semoni (Weber, 1895).
  • Tasmanian smelt, Retropinna tasmanica McCulloch, 1920.
• Genus Stokellia
  • Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon (Stokell, 1941).

[edit] References

• "Retropinnidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.