Hyperoglyphe
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Hyperoglyphe is a genus of medusafishes native to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
| Hyperoglyphe | |
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| Barrelfish (H. perciformis) | |
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| Pacific barrelfish (H. japonica) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Centrolophidae |
| Genus: | Hyperoglyphe Günther, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Diagramma porosa J. Richardson, 1845 | |
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Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Hyperoglyphe antarctica (Carmichael, 1819) (Bluenose warehou)
- Hyperoglyphe bythites (Ginsburg, 1954) (Black driftfish)
- Hyperoglyphe japonica (Döderlein (de), 1884) (Pacific barrelfish)
- Hyperoglyphe macrophthalma (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
- Hyperoglyphe perciformis (Mitchill, 1818) (Barrelfish)
- Hyperoglyphe pringlei (J. L. B. Smith, 1949) (Black butterfish)
