''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related '' Argyripnus iridescens''. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus ''

Argyripnus ''Argyripnus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as bristle-mouth fishes, but that may also refer to the related bristlemouth family (Gonostomatidae). ''A. iridescens ...

'' or the family

Gonostomatidae The Gonostomatidae are a family of mesopelagic marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes, or anglemouths. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. However, bristlemouths make up for thei ...

. Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene.

Species

There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: * '' Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus''

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, 1838 * ''

Maurolicus australis ''Maurolicus australis'', commonly known as the pennant pearlside, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Maurolicus. It lives in deep-water marine environments off New Zealand and Southern Australia The term Southern Australia is g ...

'' Hector, 1875 (pennant pearlside) * ''

Maurolicus breviculus ''Maurolicus breviculus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus''. It lives in deep-water environments off the coast of Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Re ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 * ''

Maurolicus imperatorius ''Maurolicus imperatorius'', commonly knowns as the Emperor seamount lightfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus''. It lives in the North Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five o ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Emperor seamount lightfish) * ''

Maurolicus inventionis ''Maurolicus inventionis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 * ''

Maurolicus japonicus ''Maurolicus japonicus'', commonly known as the North Pacific lightfish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychi ...

'' Ishikawa, 1915 (North Pacific lightfish) * ''

Maurolicus javanicus ''Maurolicus javanicus'', also known as the Javan pearlside, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus''. It lives in deep water environments off Java, Australia, and Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indones ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Javan pearlside) * ''

Maurolicus kornilovorum ''Maurolicus kornilovorum'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 * ''

Maurolicus mucronatus ''Maurolicus mucronatus'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but ...

'' Klunzinger, 1871 * ''

Maurolicus muelleri ''Maurolicus muelleri'', commonly referred to as Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish (not to be confused with the Gonostomatidae), or the silvery lightfish (not to be confused with the Phosichthyidae) is a marine hatchetfish in the ...

'' ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Silvery lightfish, Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish) * ''

Maurolicus parvipinnis ''Maurolicus parvipinnis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but ...

'' Vaillant, 1888 * ''

Maurolicus rudjakovi ''Maurolicus rudjakovi'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Maurolicus ''Maurolicus'' is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but ...

'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 * '' Maurolicus stehmanni'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1996 * '' Maurolicus walvisensis'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 * '' Maurolicus weitzmani'' Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Atlantic pearlside, Weitzman's pearlside)

References

Sternoptychidae Extant Miocene first appearances Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Anastasio Cocco {{Stomiiformes-stub zh:褶胸魚科#穆氏暗光魚屬(Maurolicus)