Psychrolutes

Psychrolutes
Blob sculpin, Psychrolutes phrictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Psychrolutes
Jensen, 1902
Species

Psychrolutes inermis
Psychrolutes macrocephalus
Psychrolutes marcidus - Blobfish
Psychrolutes marmoratus
Psychrolutes microporos
Psychrolutes occidentalis - Western Australian sculpin
Psychrolutes paradoxus - Tadpole sculpin
Psychrolutes phrictus - Blob sculpin
Psychrolutes sigalutes - Soft sculpin
Psychrolutes sio
Psychrolutes subspinosus

Psychrolutes is a genus of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae (fathead sculpins). In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of the fathead Psychrolutes microporos at a depth between 1,013 meters and 1,340 meters on the Norfolk Ridge.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered". The Daily Telegraph, UK. October 4, 2010. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8039965/Census-of-Marine-Life-pictures-of-new-ocean-species-discovered.html. Retrieved October 4, 2010.