''Bathyclupea'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

es belonging to a small

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Bathyclupeidae Bathyclupeidae is a family of acropomatiform ray-finned fish, called deep sea herrings. They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. They grow up to about 20 cm long ...

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: * '' Bathyclupea hoskynii''

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, 1891 (Indian deepsea herring) * '' Bathyclupea nikparini''

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

, 2014 (Parin's deepsea herring) Prokofiev, A.M. (2014): Deepsea Herrings (Bathyclupeidae) of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 54 (2): 137-145.'' * '' Bathyclupea schroederi'' Dick, 1962 (Schroeder's deepsea herring)

References

Bathyclupeidae Extant Eocene first appearances {{Acropomatiformes-stub