Thermarces
Thermarces is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. They are associated with hydrothermal vents and cold seeps at bathypelagic depths in the East Pacific and West Atlantic Ocean.
Thermarces | |
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Thermarces cerberus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Zoarcidae |
Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
Genus: | Thermarces Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986 |
Type species | |
Thermarces cerberus Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986[1] | |
Species | |
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Species
The following species are classified within the genus Thermarces:[2]
- Thermarces andersoni Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986
- Thermarces cerberus Rosenblatt & Cohen, 1986
- Thermarces pelophilum Geistdoerfer, 1999
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Thermarces in FishBase. June 2022 version.
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