The Retropinnidae are a family of bony fishes that contains the Southern Hemisphere smelts and graylings. They are closely related to the northern smelts (Osmeridae), which they greatly resemble, but not to the northern graylings (Thymallus). Species from this family are only found in southeastern Australia and New Zealand. Although a few species are partly marine, most inhabit fresh or brackish water.[1]
retropinnidae, family, bony, fishes, that, contains, southern, hemisphere, smelts, graylings, they, closely, related, northern, smelts, osmeridae, which, they, greatly, resemble, northern, graylings, thymallus, species, from, this, family, only, found, southea. The Retropinnidae are a family of bony fishes that contains the Southern Hemisphere smelts and graylings They are closely related to the northern smelts Osmeridae which they greatly resemble but not to the northern graylings Thymallus Species from this family are only found in southeastern Australia and New Zealand Although a few species are partly marine most inhabit fresh or brackish water 1 RetropinnidaeNew Zealand smelt Retropinna retropinnaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder OsmeriformesSuborder GalaxoideiFamily RetropinnidaeGeneraPrototroctesRetropinnaStokelliaSynonymsPrototroctidaeReferences edit Froese Rainer and Daniel Pauly eds 2012 Retropinnidae in FishBase February 2012 version nbsp This Osmeriformes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Retropinnidae amp oldid 1179979033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
