Biology:Psychrolutes

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Psychrolutes
Psychrolutes phrictus 1.jpg
Blob sculpin, Psychrolutes phrictus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Psychrolutes
Günther, 1861
Type species
Psychrolutes paradoxus
Günther, 1861[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Jordan & Starks, 1895 Barnard, 1927
  • Schmidt, 1935 Gilbertidia
  • Cottunculoides Berg, 1898
  • Gilbertina Platycottus

Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful[2] of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim.[3] In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between 1,013 metres (3,323 ft) and 1,340 metres (4,400 ft) on the Norfolk Ridge.[4]

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[5]

  • Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
  • Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
  • Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) (blobfish)
  • Psychrolutes marmoratus (T. N. Gill, 1889)
  • Psychrolutes microporos J. S. Nelson, 1995 (blobfish)
  • Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990 (Western Australian sculpin)
  • Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 (Tadpole sculpin)
  • Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978 (blob sculpin)
  • Psychrolutes sigalutes (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (soft sculpin)
  • Psychrolutes sio J. S. Nelson, 1980
  • Psychrolutes subspinosus (A. S. Jensen, 1902)

Catalog of Fishes classifies Gilbertidia as a synonym of Pyschrolutes,[6] but FishBase treats it as a valid genus.[7]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2610959 entry