Benthalbella

Benthalbella is a genus of pearleyes.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

• Benthalbella dentata <small>(W. M. Chapman, 1939)</small> (northern pearleye)
• Benthalbella elongata <small>(Norman, 1937)</small>
• Benthalbella infans <small>Zugmayer, 1911</small> (Zugmayer's pearleye)
• Benthalbella linguidens <small>(Mead & J. E. Böhlke, 1953)</small> (longfin pearleye)

The only known fossil species is †Benthalbella praecessor <small>Nazarkin & Carnevale, 2018</small> from the Middle Miocene of Sakhalin Island, Russia.

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