Psychrolutes
| Psychrolutes | |
|---|---|
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| Blob sculpin, Psychrolutes phrictus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Psychrolutes Günther, 1861 |
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 P. microporos at a depth between 1,013 meters and 1,340 meters on the Norfolk Ridge.[1]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
- Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
- Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) (Blobfish)
- Psychrolutes marmoratus (T. N. Gill, 1889)
- Psychrolutes microporos J. S. Nelson, 1995
- Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990 (Western Australian sculpin)
- Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 (Tadpole sculpin)
- Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978 (Blob sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sigalutes (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Soft sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sio J. S. Nelson, 1980
- Psychrolutes subspinosus (A. S. Jensen, 1902)
References
- ↑ "Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered". The Daily Telegraph, UK. October 4, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Psychrolutes in FishBase. December 2012 version.