Spirinchus
| Spirinchus Temporal range: Pliocene to Present[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osmeriformes |
| Family: | Osmeridae |
| Genus: | Spirinchus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Species | |
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Spirinchus is a genus of smelts (Osmeridae).
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [2]
- Spirinchus lanceolatus (Hikita, 1913)
- Spirinchus starksi (Fisk, 1913) (Night smelt)
- Spirinchus thaleichthys (Ayres, 1860) (Longfin smelt)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Spirinchus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- "Spirinchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
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