Malacocottus

Malacocottus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Malacocottus
T. H. Bean, 1890

Malacocottus is a genus of fatheads native to the northern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Stevenson, D.E. (2015): The Validity of Nominal Species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) Known from the Eastern North Pacific with a Key to the Species. Copeia, 2015, 103 (1): 22-33.
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