Jump to content

Nicholsina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nicholsina
Nicholsina usta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Scaridae
Genus: Nicholsina
Fowler, 1915[1]
Type species
Cryptotomus beryllinus (as a synonym of Nicholsina usta)

Nicholsina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, parrotfishes from the family Scaridae. They are found in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans. The generic name honours the American ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols (1883-1958) who was curator of fishes at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

Species

[edit]

There are currently three species classified in the genus:[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nicholsina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nicholsina". FishBase. December 2019 version.