Emmelichthys

Emmelichthys is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers.

Emmelichthys
Cape bonnetmouth (E. nitidus nitidus)
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Emmelichthys

Type species
Emmelichthys nitidus
J. Richardson, 1845

Species

There are seven species in the genus, including one newly described in 2014:[1]

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Species List: Emmelichthys. FishBase. 2014.
  2. Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): Emmelichthys marisrubri, a new rover from the southern Red Sea (Teleostei: Emmelichthyidae). Cybium 38(2): 83-87'.


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