Menziesichthys

Menziesichthys
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Genus:	Menziesichthys; Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971
Species:	M. bacescui
Binomial name
	Menziesichthys bacescui; Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971

Menziesichthys bacescui is a species of cusk eel only known from the Peru-Chile trench at depths of from 1,296 to 1,317 metres (4,252 to 4,321 ft). This species was originally described as a snailfish in the family Liparidae, but has been better considered to be an ophidiid cusk eel.^[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

References

^ http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=10534
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Menziesichthys bacescui" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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[1] ttp://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=genus&genid=10534

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Menziesichthys bacescui" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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