Selenoscopus
Appearance
Selenoscopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachiniformes |
Family: | Uranoscopidae |
Genus: | Selenoscopus |
Species: | S. turbisquamatus
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Binomial name | |
Selenoscopus turbisquamatus Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993[1]
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Selenoscopus is a monotypic genus of stargazer from the family Uranoscopidae. The only species in the genus is Selenoscopus turbisquamatus, a bathydemersal species found in the western Pacific Ocean from Japan to the northern Tasman Sea at depths of 100–500 metres (330–1,640 ft).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2015). "Selenoscopus Okamura & Kishimoto, 1993". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Selenoscopus turbisquamatus". FishBase. February 2018 version.