Bolinichthys Paxton, 1972
Mouth moderate, jaws extending half an eye diameter or less behind posterior margin of orbit. Posterodorsal margin of operculum sharply angulate, posterior margin deeply anteriorly concave. Crescent of whitish tissue on posterior half of iris. Dn absent, Vn small. Five PO, with P04 elevated. Five VO, with VO2 elevated. AO divided into AOa and AOp. Two Pol. 2 + 1 Prc. Supra- and infra-caudal luminous patches present. Luminous tissue at bases of dorsal, anal and ventral fins and often on thorax and dorsal surface of head.
High-oceanic, mesopelagic in tropical and subtropical waters.
Species 6; in Clofnam area 2.
Recent revisions: Johnson (1965); Nafpaktitis et al. (1977).
Species of this genus in the program:
Bolinichthys indicus
Bolinichthys supralateralis