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| Lestidium | |
|---|---|
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| Atlantic Barracudina (L. atlanticum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Lestidium C. H. Gilbert, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Lestidium nudum C.H. Gilbert, 1905 | |
Lestidium is a genus of barracudina. They are sometimes referred to as pike smelt.
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Lestidium atlanticum Borodin, 1928 (Atlantic barracudina)
- Lestidium australis H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
- Lestidium longilucifer H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
- Lestidium nudum C. H. Gilbert, 1905 (Deep water pike smelt)
- Lestidium prolixum Harry, 1953
- Lestidium rofeni H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
References
[edit]- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lestidium". FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 4767 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3.
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