Psychrolutes occidentalis
Appearance
Western Australian Sculpin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Psychrolutes |
Species: | P. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990
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Psychrolutes occidentalis (Western Australian sculpin) is a species of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae.
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean known only from around Rowley Shoals, off northwestern Australia.
Biology
The species is found on the continental slope, and is benthic.