A new family, Bathylutichthyidae (Cottoidei, Scorpaeniformes), for the deepwater fish Bathylutichthys taranetzi gen. et sp. nov. from South Georgia Island (Antarctica)
Balushkin, A.V. (1990). A new family, Bathylutichthyidae (Cottoidei, Scorpaeniformes), for the deepwater fish Bathylutichthys taranetzi gen. et sp. nov. from South Georgia Island (Antarctica). Vopr. Ikhtiol. 30(2): 185-191
In: Voprosy Ikhtiologii. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR: Moskva. ISSN 0042-8752, more
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New genus
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New family
Bathylutichthyidae Balushkin & Voskoboynikova, 1990 [WoRMS]; Bathylutichthys taranetzi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract |
A description is given of a new family Bathylutichthyidae fam.n. (Cottoidei, Scorpaeniformes) for Bathylutichthys taranetzi gen. et sp. n. on the basis of external structural characteristics, and characteristics of the paired fins, the axial skeleton, and the seismosensory system. The holotype of the new species was caught on theNortheastern Georgian Rise at a depth of 1650 m, 170 miles fromSouth Georgia Island. |
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