Nansenia is a genus of pencil smelts.
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| Nansenia groenlandica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Microstomatidae |
| Genus: | Nansenia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
Species
editThere are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
- Nansenia ahlstromi Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia antarctica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia ardesiaca D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914 (Robust smallmouth)
- Nansenia atlantica Blache & Rossignol, 1962
- Nansenia boreacrassicauda J. Y. Poulsen, 2015 (Northern fat-tail pencil smelt) [1]
- Nansenia candida Cohen, 1958 (Blue-throat argentine)
- Nansenia crassa Lavenberg, 1965 (Stout argentine)
- Nansenia groenlandica (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1840) (Greenland argentine)
- Nansenia iberica Matallanas, 1985
- Nansenia indica Kobyliansky, 1992
- Nansenia longicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia macrolepis (Gilchrist, 1922)
- Nansenia megalopa Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia oblita (Facciolà, 1887) (forgotten argentine, Mediterranean large-eyed argentine)
- Nansenia obscura Kobyliansky & S. G. Usachev, 1992
- Nansenia pelagica Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia tenera Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
- Nansenia tenuicauda Kawaguchi & J. L. Butler, 1984
References
edit- ^ Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt Nansenia boreacrassicauda (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 4020 (3): 517-532.
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