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''Sagamichthys'' is a genus of
tubeshoulder The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes. They are found throughout the world, except for the Mediterranean Sea. Tubeshoulders live at moderate depths of , and some have light-pr ...
s. The generic name derives from
Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the ...
, Japan (home of '' Sagamichthys abei''), and the Greek ἰχθύς (''ichthys''), "fish".


Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Sagamichthys abei'' A. E. Parr, 1953 (Shining tubeshoulder) * '' Sagamichthys gracilis'' Sazonov, 1978 * '' Sagamichthys schnakenbecki'' (
Gerhard Krefft Gerhard Krefft (30 March 1912 - 20 March 1993) was a German ichthyologist and herpetologist.Stehmann & Hulley (1994). Family His father was a neurologist, who "was an enthusiastic collector of living reptiles and amphibians", and his mother was ...
, 1953)
(Schnakenbeck's searsid)


References

Platytroctidae Ray-finned fish genera {{Rayfinned-fish-stub