Antipodocottus

Antipodocottus is a genus of marine 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.

Antipodocottus
A. megalops
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

See text.

Taxonomy

Antipodocottus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin[1] when he described Antipodocottus galathea from the Tasman Sea off New Zealand.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Antipodocottus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[4]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Antipodocottus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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