RETROPINNIDAE


'Retropinnidae' is a family of fish, that contains the southern hemisphere smelts and graylings. Species from this family are only found in southeastern Australia and New Zealand.

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Genera and species
References

Genera and species



★ Genus ''Prototroctes''


Australian grayling, ''Prototroctes maraena'' Günther, 1864.


New Zealand grayling, ''Prototroctes oxyrhynchus'' Günther, 1870.

★ Genus ''Retropinna''


New Zealand smelt, ''Retropinna retropinna'' (Richardson, 1848).


Australian smelt, ''Retropinna semoni'' (Weber, 1895).


Tasmanian smelt, ''Retropinna tasmanica'' McCulloch, 1920.

★ Genus ''Stokellia''


Stokell's smelt, ''Stokellia anisodon'' (Stokell, 1941).

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