Saccogaster
Saccogaster | |
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Saccogaster maculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Subfamily: | Bythitinae |
Genus: | Saccogaster Alcock, 1889 |
Type species | |
Saccogaster maculata Alcock 1889
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Synonyms[2] | |
Barbuliceps Chan, 1966 |
Saccogaster is a genus of viviparous brotulas. They are found in the western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.[2]
Species[]
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
- , & , 2012[4]
- & , 1972
- , & , 2012[4]
- Alcock, 1889
- , & , 2012[4]
- & , 1972
- & , 1972
- (, 1966) (Bagbelly cusk)
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
- ^ a b Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. pp. 108–109. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Saccogaster in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ a b c d Nielsen, J.G., Schwarzhans, W. & Cohen, D.M. (2012): Revision of Hastatobythites and Saccogaster (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with three new species and a new genus. Zootaxa, 3579: 1–36.
Categories:
- Bythitidae
- Extant Eocene first appearances
- Bythitidae stubs