Bathyclupeidae is a

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of acropomatiform ray-finned fish, called deep sea herrings. They are marine fishes found in tropical waters of the

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and

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. They grow up to about 20 cm long. Despite their name and close resemblance to them, they are not closely related to true herrings and their relatives in the order

Clupeiformes Clupeiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the herring family, Clupeidae, and the anchovy family, Engraulidae and sardines. The group includes many of the most important forage and food fish. Clupeiformes are physostomes, ...

Genera

The following two genera, containing 10 species, are classified within the family Bathyclupeidae. * '' Bathyclupea''

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, 1891 ** '' Bathyclupea hoskynii'' Alcock 1891 ** '' Bathyclupea nikparini''

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2014 ** '' Bathyclupea schroederi'' Dick, 1962 * '' Neobathyclupea''

, 2014 ** '' Neobathyclupea argentea'' ( Goode &

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, 1896) ** '' Neobathyclupea elongate'' ( Trunov, 1975) ** '' Neobathyclupea gracilis'' ( Fowler, 1938) ** '' Neobathyclupea japanotaiwana'' (

, 2014) ** '' Neobathyclupea malayana'' (

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, 1913) ** '' Neobathyclupea megaceps'' (Fowler 1938) ** '' Neobathyclupea melanoptera''

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References

Acropomatiformes families Extant Eocene first appearances {{Acropomatiformes-stub