Moose eelpout

Moose eelpout
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Gymnelinae
Genus:
Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 [1]
Species:
B. pterygalces
Binomial name
Barbapellis pterygalces
Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012

The moose eelpout (Barbapellis pterygalces) is a species of zoarcid fish found in Southern Ocean. This species is only known from a single adult female specimen from off Terre Adélie. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.


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