| Constellationfishes Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
| Genus: | Valenciennellus Jordan & Evermann in Goode & Bean, 1896 |
Valenciennellus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.
Its type species is V. tripunctulatus, and only one additional living species is placed here:[1]
Fossils of constellationfishes are known since the Early Eocene, more than 40 million years ago.[2]