''Nansenia'' is a

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of pencil smelts.

Species

There 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) Poulsen, J.Y. (2015): A new species of pencil smelt ''Nansenia boreacrassicauda'' (Microstomatidae, Argentiniformes) from the North Atlantic Ocean. ''Zootaxa, 4020 (3): 517-532.'' * '' 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

Microstomatidae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann Marine fish genera {{Argentiniformes-stub