Barracudina
| Barracudinas Temporal range: Ypresian-Holocene | |
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| Lestidium atlanticum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genera | |
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Arctozenus | |
Barracudinas are any member of the marine mesopelagic fish family Paralepididae: 50 or so extant species are found almost worldwide in deep waters. Several genera are known only from fossils dating back to the Ypresian epoch.
The generic name Paralepis (for which the family is named) is from Greek - para meaning "somewhat", lepis meaning "scaled".
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