Pycnocraspedum

Pycnocraspedum is a genus of cusk-eels.

Pycnocraspedum
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Pycnocraspedum
Alcock, 1889
Type species
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne
Alcock, 1889[1]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Pycnocraspedum armatum Gosline, 1954
  • Pycnocraspedum fulvum Machida, 1984
  • Pycnocraspedum microlepis (Matsubara, 1943)
  • Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma (A. E. Parr, 1933)
  • Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock, 1889 (Pelagic cusk)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pycnocraspedum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pycnocraspedum in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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