Longfin icedevil

Longfin icedevil
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Notothenioidei
Family:	Nototheniidae
Genus:	Aethotaxis; H. H. DeWitt, 1962
Species:	A. mitopteryx
Binomial name
	Aethotaxis mitopteryx; H. H. DeWitt, 1962

Aethotaxis mitopteryx, the Longfin icedevil, is a species of notothen native to the Southern Ocean where it can be found at depths down to 850 metres (2,790 ft). This species grows to a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

Sub-Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus though they are doubtfully distinct:^[1]

Aethotaxis mitopteryx mitopteryx H. H. DeWitt, 1962
Aethotaxis mitopteryx pawsoni R. G. Miller, 1993

References

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Aethotaxis mitopteryx" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Aethotaxis mitopteryx" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

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