Benthalbella
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Benthalbella is a genus of pearleyes.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Scopelarchidae |
| Genus: | Benthalbella Zugmayer, 1911 |
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Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Benthalbella dentata (W. M. Chapman, 1939) (northern pearleye)
- Benthalbella elongata (Norman, 1937)
- Benthalbella infans Zugmayer, 1911 (Zugmayer's pearleye)
- Benthalbella linguidens (Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1953) (longfin pearleye)
The only known fossil species is †Benthalbella praecessor Nazarkin & Carnevale, 2018 from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia.[2]
