Osteodiscus
Osteodiscus is a genus of snailfishes native to the Pacific Ocean.
| Osteodiscus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Osteodiscus Stein, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Osteodiscus cascadiae Stein, 1978[1] | |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]
- Osteodiscus abyssicola Murasaki, Kai, Endo & Fukui, 2021
- Osteodiscus andriashevi Pitruk & Fedorov, 1990
- Osteodiscus cascadiae Stein, 1978 (Bigtail snailfish)
- Osteodiscus rhepostomias Stein, 2012[3]
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Osteodiscus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Osteodiscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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