''Sagamichthys'' is a genus of
tubeshoulder
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepocephaliformes
Alepocephaliformes is an order of marine deep-sea teleost fishes. It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the ...
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 i ...
, 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''
( Krefft, 1953) (Schnakenbeck's searsid)
References
Platytroctidae
Ray-finned fish genera
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