Bolinichthys

Bolinichthys Temporal range: Early Miocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Spurcheek Lanternfish (B. photothorax)
Specimen of Bolinichthys supralateralis from the North Atlantic
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972
Species
See text
Synonyms
Bolinichthyes (misspelling)

Bolinichthys is a genus of lanternfishes. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The genus is named in honour of Rolf Ling Bolin (1901–1973), an ichthyologist and lanternfish specialist from the Hopkins Marine Station. ^[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: ^[4]

• Bolinichthys distofax R. K. Johnson, 1975
• Bolinichthys indicus (B. G. Nafpaktitis & M. K. Nafpaktitis, 1969) (lanternfish)
• Bolinichthys longipes (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (popeye lampfish) ^[5]
• Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker, 1978 (Nikolay's lanternfish)
• Bolinichthys photothorax (A. E. Parr, 1928) (spurcheek lanternfish)
• Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890) (fiery lanternfish)
• Bolinichthys supralateralis (A. E. Parr, 1928) (stubby lanternfish)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bolinichthys Paxton [J. R.] 1972". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 July 2019.
2. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bolinichthys". FishBase . February 2019 version.
5. Drazen, Jeffrey C.; De Forest, Lisa G.; Domokos, Reka (2011-05-01). "Micronekton abundance and biomass in Hawaiian waters as influenced by seamounts, eddies, and the moon" . Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 58 (5): 557–566. Bibcode:2011DSRI...58..557D. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.002. ISSN   0967-0637.