Letholycus
Genus of ray-finned fishes
| Letholycus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
| Genus: | Letholycus M. E. Anderson, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Melanostigma microphthalmus Norman, 1937[1] | |
Letholycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. This is a small genus with only two species found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Species
Letholycus contains the following two species:[2]
- Letholycus magellanicus M. E. Anderson, 1988
- Letholycus microphthalmus (Norman, 1937)
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Letholycus". FishBase. June 2022 version.
