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''Normichthys'' is a genus of deepwater marine
ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...
belonging to the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Platytroctidae The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of 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 ...
, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world. The name of the genus honours the British
ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...
John Roxborough Norman John Roxborough Norman (1898, Wandsworth, London – 26 May 1944, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) was an English ichthyologist. He started as a clerk in a bank. His lifetime affliction with rheumatic fever began during his military service during the ...
who reported the
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
of this genus, ''N. operosus'', as '' Talismania homoptera'' in 1930.


Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Normichthys herringi'' Sazonov & Merrett, 2001 * ''
Normichthys operosus The multipore searsid (''Normichthys operosus'') is a species of fish in the family Platytroctidae (tubeshoulders). Name Its scientific name is from the Latin ''operōsus'', "busy, hardworking". Its common name "multipore" refers to the dermal ...
'' A. E. Parr, 1951 (Multipore searsid) * '' Normichthys yahganorum'' Lavenberg, 1965


References

Platytroctidae Ray-finned fish genera {{Alepocephaliformes-stub