Psychrolutes
Sign in to savePsychrolutes 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 of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim. In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between and on the Norfolk Ridge.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScorpaeniformes
- FamilyPsychrolutidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- Family
- Psychrolutidae
- Collections
- UWFC, NMV, QM, WAM, OS, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- Australia, Unknown Or Invalid, Vanuatu, Russian Federation, Salomon(I.), Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa
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- Parent taxon
- Psychrolutidae
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- Psychrolutes phrictus 1.jpg
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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 of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim. In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between and on the Norfolk Ridge.
==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: 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)
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