{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | name = | image = Tarletonbeania crenularis.jpg | image_caption = Blue Lanternfish ''(T. crenularis)'' | taxon = Tarletonbeania | authority = C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1890 }}
'''''Tarletonbeania''''' is a genus of lanternfishes found in the Pacific Ocean.
==Etymology== The genus is named after ichthyologist Tarleton H. Bean (1846-1916), of the U.S. National Museum.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/ | title = Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes) | access-date = 23 March 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 1 March 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230301233005/https://etyfish.org/myctophiformes/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Tarletonbeania| month = April | year = 2012}}</ref> * ''Tarletonbeania crenularis'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880)</small> (Blue lanternfish) * ''Tarletonbeania taylori'' <small>Mead, 1953</small> * ''Tarletonbeania tenua'' <small>Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891</small>
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Category:Myctophidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Category:Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann
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