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| Volodichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Volodichthys Balushkin, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Volodichthys parini | |
Volodichthys is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than 750 m (2,460 ft), of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America.[2][3] Its members were formerly included in the genus Careproctus.[3]
Species
[edit]There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3][4]
- Volodichthys catherinae (Andriashev & Stein, 1998)
- Volodichthys herwigi (Andriashev, 1991)
- Volodichthys parini (Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990)
- Volodichthys smirnovi (Andriashev, 1991)
- Volodichthys solovjevae Balushkin, 2012
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Priede, I.G. (2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-107-08382-0.
- ^ a b c Balushkin, A.V. (2012). "Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemisphere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic)". Journal of Ichthyology. 52 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1134/S0032945212010018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Volodichthys". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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