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. A. iridescens is called "pearlside", which usually refers to the closely related genus Maurolicus.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
Fossils of bristle-mouth fishes show that the genus was already distinct in the Late Oligocene, more than 23 million years ago.