Cottunculus tubulosus
Appearance
Cottunculus tubulosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Cottunculus |
Species: | C. tubulosus
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Binomial name | |
Cottunculus tubulosus |
Cottunculus tubulosus is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes) found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.[1]
This species reaches a length of 4.7 cm (1.9 in).[2]
It was described in 2007 by Ingvar Byrkjedal and Alexei Markovich Orlov.
References
- ^ Byrkjedal, I. and A.M. Orlov, 2007. A new species of Cottunculus (Teleostei: Psychrolutidae) from the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Zootaxa 1580:63-68.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottunculus tubulosus". FishBase. February 2015 version.