Maurolicus is an oceanic ray-finned fish genus which belongs in the marine hatchetfish family Sternoptychidae. They are commonly known as pearlsides, but the brilliant pearlside is the related Argyripnus iridescens. Occasionally, "bristle-mouth fishes" is used as a common name, but that usually refers to the genus Argyripnus or the family Gonostomatidae.
Fossils of pearlsides are known from the Miocene. (2002): [Maurolicus]. In: A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560.
Species There are currently 15 recognized species in this genus: Maurolicus amethystinopunctatus Cocco, 1838 Maurolicus australis Hector, 1875 (pennant pearlside) Maurolicus breviculus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 Maurolicus imperatorius Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Emperor seamount lightfish) Maurolicus inventionis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 Maurolicus japonicus Ishikawa, 1915 (North Pacific lightfish) Maurolicus javanicus Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Javan pearlside) Maurolicus kornilovorum Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 Maurolicus mucronatus Klunzinger, 1871 Maurolicus muelleri (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (Silvery lightfish, Mueller's pearlside, Mueller's bristle-mouth fish) Maurolicus parvipinnis Vaillant, 1888 Maurolicus rudjakovi Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 Maurolicus stehmanni Parin & Kobyliansky, 1996 Maurolicus walvisensis Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 Maurolicus weitzmani Parin & Kobyliansky, 1993 (Atlantic pearlside, Weitzman's pearlside)
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zh:褶胸魚科#穆氏暗光魚屬(Maurolicus)