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Nansenia
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Nansenia

Nansenia is a genus of pencil smelts.

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19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species

Bluethroat Pencilsmelt

speciesNansenia candida

Robust Smallmouth

speciesNansenia ardesiaca

Largeeye Pencilsmelt

speciesNansenia groenlandica

Longtail Pencilsmelt

speciesNansenia longicauda

Stout Pencilsmelt

speciesNansenia crassa

Nansenia iberica

speciesNansenia iberica

Nansenia oblita

speciesNansenia oblita

Nansenia pelagica

speciesNansenia pelagica

Nansenia boreacrassicauda

speciesNansenia boreacrassicauda

California Pencilsmelt

speciesNansenia ahlstromi

Nansenia antarctica

speciesNansenia antarctica

Nansenia atlantica

speciesNansenia atlantica

Nansenia indica

speciesNansenia indica

Nansenia macrolepis

speciesNansenia macrolepis

Nansenia megalopa

speciesNansenia megalopa

Nansenia obscura

speciesNansenia obscura

Nansenia tenera

speciesNansenia tenera

Nansenia tenuicauda

speciesNansenia tenuicauda

Nansenia schmitti

speciesNansenia schmitti

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90138.