Psychrolutes
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| Blob sculpin, Psychrolutes phrictus | |
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| Genus: | Psychrolutes Günther, 1861
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Psychrolutes is a genus of fish of the family Psychrolutidae (fathead sculpins). Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful[1] of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim.[2] In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between 1,013 meters and 1,340 meters on the Norfolk Ridge.[3]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
- Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
- Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) (Blobfish)
- Psychrolutes marmoratus (T. N. Gill, 1889)
- Psychrolutes microporos J. S. Nelson, 1995
- Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990 (Western Australian sculpin)
- Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 (Tadpole sculpin)
- Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978 (Blob sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sigalutes (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Soft sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sio J. S. Nelson, 1980
- Psychrolutes subspinosus (A. S. Jensen, 1902)
References
- ^ http://access.afsc.noaa.gov/ichthyo/pdf/family/Psychrolutidae.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4135.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered". The Daily Telegraph, UK. October 4, 2010. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Psychrolutes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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