Antipodocottus
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| A. megalops Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Antipodocottus Bolin, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Antipodocottus galatheae Bolin, 1952
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Antipodocottus is a
ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the western Pacific Ocean
. This is the only genus of Cottids represented in the Southern Hemisphere, although their classification in the Cottidae is not universally accepted.
Taxonomy
Antipodocottus was first proposed as a
Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Antipodocottus elegans R. Fricke & Brunken (de), 1984 (Dwarf sculpin)
- Antipodocottus galatheae Bolin, 1952 (Galathea sculpin)
- Antipodocottus megalops H. H. DeWitt, 1969
- Antipodocottus mesembrinus (R. Fricke & Brunken, 1983)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antipodocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Antipodocottus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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