Biology:Antipodocottus galatheae

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Antipodocottus galatheae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Antipodocottus
Species:
A. galatheae
Binomial name
Antipodocottus galatheae
Bolin, 1952

Antipodocottus galatheae, the Galathea sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.[2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

Taxonomy

Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin.[3] It is the type species of the genus Antipodocottus.[4] The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected.[5]

References

  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN:0-00-216987-8

Wikidata ☰ Q1823629 entry