{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Miocene|present}} | image = Bolinichthys photothorax.jpg | image_caption = Spurcheek Lanternfish ''(B. photothorax)'' | image2 = Bolinichthys supralateralis.jpg | image2_caption = Specimen of ''Bolinichthys supralateralis'' from the North Atlantic | taxon = Bolinichthys | authority = Paxton, 1972 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = * ''Bolinichthyes'' (misspelling) }}
'''''Bolinichthys''''' is a genus of lanternfishes.<ref name=CoF>{{Cof record |genid=8360 |title=''Bolinichthys'' Paxton [J. R.] 1972 |access-date=8 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PBDB |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35611 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=paleobiodb.org}}</ref>
==Etymology== The genus is named in honour of Rolf Ling Bolin (1901–1973), an ichthyologist and lanternfish specialist from the Hopkins Marine Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/ |title=Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) |author=Christopher Scharpf |author2=Kenneth J. Lazara |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |work=The ETYFish Project |accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref>
==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Bolinichthys| month = February | year = 2019}}</ref> * ''Bolinichthys distofax'' <small>R. K. Johnson, 1975</small> * ''Bolinichthys indicus'' <small>(B. G. Nafpaktitis & M. K. Nafpaktitis, 1969)</small> (lanternfish) * ''Bolinichthys longipes'' <small>(A. B. Brauer, 1906)</small> (popeye lampfish)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Drazen |first1=Jeffrey C. |last2=De Forest |first2=Lisa G. |last3=Domokos |first3=Reka |date=2011-05-01 |title=Micronekton abundance and biomass in Hawaiian waters as influenced by seamounts, eddies, and the moon |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063711000586 |journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers |language=en |volume=58 |issue=5 |pages=557–566 |bibcode=2011DSRI...58..557D |doi=10.1016/j.dsr.2011.03.002 |issn=0967-0637|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * ''Bolinichthys nikolayi'' <small>Becker, 1978</small> (Nikolay's lanternfish) * ''Bolinichthys photothorax'' <small>(A. E. Parr, 1928)</small> (spurcheek lanternfish) * ''Bolinichthys pyrsobolus'' <small>(Alcock, 1890)</small> (fiery lanternfish) * ''Bolinichthys supralateralis'' <small>(A. E. Parr, 1928)</small> (stubby lanternfish)
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Category:Myctophidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by John Richard Paxton
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