Biology:Ebinania

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ebinania
Ebinania costaecanariae.jpg
E. costaecanariae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Ebinania
Sakamoto, 1932
Type species
Ebinania vermiculata
Sakamoto, 1932[1]

Ebinania is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads. These fishes are found in the Southern, Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Ebinania australiae Jackson & J. S. Nelson, 2006
  • Ebinania brephocephala (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1903)
  • Ebinania costaecanariae (Cervigón, 1961)
  • Ebinania gyrinoides (M. C. W. Weber, 1913)
  • Ebinania macquariensis J. S. Nelson, 1982 (Macquarie blobfish)
  • Ebinania malacocephala J. S. Nelson, 1982
  • Ebinania vermiculata Sakamoto, 1932

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3390790 entry