Ophthalmolycus

Genus of fishes

Ophthalmolycus
Ophthalmolycus macrops
Ophthalmolycus amberensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Ophthalmolycus
Regan, 1913
Type species
Lycodes macrops
Günther, 1880[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lacrimolycus Andriashev & Fedorov, 1986

Ophthalmolycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its two species are found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and the Southern Ocean.

Species

Ophthalmolycus contains the following species:[2]

  • Ophthalmolycus amberensis (Tomo, Marschoff & Torno, 1977)
  • Ophthalmolycus andersoni Matallanas, 2009
  • Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus (Pappenheim, 1912)
  • Ophthalmolycus campbellensis Andriashev & Fedorov, 1986
  • Ophthalmolycus chilensis M. E. Anderson, 1992
  • Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus (Garman, 1899)
  • Ophthalmolycus eastmani Matallanas, 2011
  • Ophthalmolycus macrops (Günther, 1880)
  • Ophthalmolycus polylepis Matallanas, 2011

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophthalmolycus". FishBase. June 2022 version.
Taxon identifiers
Ophthalmolycus