Biology:Cottunculus spinosus

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Cottunculus spinosus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Cottunculus
Species:
C. spinosus
Binomial name
Cottunculus spinosus
Gilchrist, 1906
Synonyms
  • Cottunculoides spinosus (Gilchrist, 1906)

Cottunculus spinosus is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes) found in the Southeast Atlantic Ocean.[1]

This species reaches a length of 4.5 cm (1.8 in).[2]

References

  1. Nelson, J.S., 1986. Psychrolutidae. p. 491-492. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Cottunculus spinosus" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2145332 entry