Nansenia (fish)

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Nansenia
Greenland argentine or large-eyed argentine (Nansenia groenlandica).jpg
Nansenia groenlandica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Microstomatidae
Genus: Nansenia
D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Nansenia is a genus of pencil smelts.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt Nansenia boreacrassicauda (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 4020 (3): 517-532.