Menziesichthys
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| Genus: | Menziesichthys Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971
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| Species: | M. bacescui
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| Menziesichthys bacescui Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971
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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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