Paraulopus
Paraulopus nigripinnis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: Synodontoidei
Family: Paraulopidae
Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002
Genus: Paraulopus
Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002
Species

See text.

Paraulopus is the only genus in the family Paraulopidae, a family of grinners in the order Aulopiformes. They are commonly known as cucumberfishes, but locally some other Teleostei are also known by that name. They were considered in the Chlorophthalmidae or greeneye family until 2001.[1]

The fishes tend to be slender and cylindrical, with large eyes and a large terminal mouth with only slightly protruding lower jaw.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Paraulopus atripes Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2003
  • Paraulopus balteatus M. F. Gomon, 2010 (banded cucumberfish)
  • Paraulopus brevirostris (Fourmanoir, 1981) (shortsnout cucumberfish)
  • Paraulopus filamentosus (Okamura, 1982)
  • Paraulopus japonicus (Kamohara, 1956)
  • Paraulopus legandi (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979)
  • Paraulopus longianalis Tomoyasu Sato, M. F. Gomon & Nakabo, 2010 (longfin cucumberfish)
  • Paraulopus maculatus (Kotthaus, 1967)
  • Paraulopus melanogrammus M. F. Gomon & Tomoyasu Sato, 2004 (blackline cucumberfish)
  • Paraulopus melanostomus Tomoyasu Sato, M. F. Gomon & Nakabo, 2010 (licoricemouth cucumberfish)
  • Paraulopus nigripinnis (Günther, 1878) (cucumber fish)
  • Paraulopus novaeseelandiae Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002
  • Paraulopus oblongus (Kamohara, 1953)
  • Paraulopus okamurai Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002 (piedtip cucumberfish)

References

  1. 1 2 Bray, Dianne; Gomon, Martin. "Family PARAULOPIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Paraulopus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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