Bathyclupea

Bathyclupeidae Temporal range: 55–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to Present[1]
Bathyclupea argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Percoidei
Superfamily:	Percoidea
Family:	Bathyclupeidae
Genus:	Bathyclupea Alcock, 1891
Species
See text.

The deepsea herrings are perciform fishes belonging to a small family (Bathyclupeidae) with a single genus (Bathyclupea) containing seven species of deep water fishes.

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.

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.

References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Bathyclupeidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). Species of Bathyclupea in FishBase. January 2006 version.