Valenciennellus is a genus of marine hatchetfishes. They are commonly known as constellationfishes.
| Constellationfishes Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Subfamily: | Maurolicinae |
| Genus: | Valenciennellus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Maurolicus tripunctulatus Esmark, 1871
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Valenciennellus carlsbergi Bruun, 1931
- Valenciennellus tripunctulatus (Esmark (sv), 1871) (Constellationfish)
Fossils of constellationfishes are known since the Early Eocene, more than 40 million years ago.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Valenciennellus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002): [Valenciennellus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. HTML database excerpt
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