Biology:Holcomycteronus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Holcomycteronus
Holcomycteronus brucei.jpg
Holcomycteronus brucei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Holcomycteronus
Garman, 1899
Type species
Holcomycteronus digittatus
Garman, 1899[1]
Synonyms[2]

Grimaldichthys Roule, 1913

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Many were formerly considered species of Neobythites or Grimaldichthys.[2][3]

  • Holcomycteronus aequatoris (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
  • Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)
  • Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman, 1899
  • Holcomycteronus profundissimus (Roule, 1913)
  • Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock, 1890)
  • Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2166039 entry