Biology:Moose eelpout

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Short description: Species of fish

Barbapellis pterygalces
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Zoarcidae
Genus:
Barbapellis

Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 [1]
Species:
B. pterygalces
Binomial name
Barbapellis pterygalces
Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012

Barbapellis pterygalces, also known as the moose eelpout, is a species of zoarcid fish found in Southern Ocean. This species is only known from a single adult female specimen from off Terre Adélie. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.

Wikidata ☰ Q5614023 entry