''Hime'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flagfins native to the eastern

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and the western

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Species

The recognized species in this genus are: * '' Hime capitonis'' M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (New Caledonian flagfin) Gomon, M.F. & Struthers, C.D. (2015): Three new species of the Indo-Pacific fish genus ''Hime'' (Aulopidae, Aulopiformes), all resembling the type species ''H. japonica'' (Günther 1877). ''Zootaxa, 4044 (3): 371–390.'' * '' Hime caudizoma'' M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (Indonesian flagfin) * '' Hime curtirostris'' ( J. M. Thomson, 1967) (short-snout threadsail) * '' Hime formosana'' ( S. C. Lee & W. C. Chao, 1994) * '' Hime japonica'' ( Günther, 1877) (Japanese thread-sail) * '' Hime microps'' Parin & Kotlyar, 1989 * '' Hime pyrhistion'' M. F. Gomon, Struthers & A. L. Stewart, 2013 (flaming flagfin) Gomon, M.F., Struthers, C.D. & Stewart, A.L. (2013): A New Genus and Two New Species of the Family Aulopidae (Aulopiformes), Commonly Referred to as Aulopus, Flagfins, Sergeant Bakers or Threadsails, in Australasian Waters. ''Species Diversity, 18 (2): 141–161.'' * '' Hime surrubea'' M. F. Gomon & Struthers, 2015 (rosy flagfin)

References

Aulopidae {{Aulopiformes-stub