Antipodocottus galatheae
Appearance
Antipodocottus galatheae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cottidae |
Genus: | Antipodocottus |
Species: | A. galatheae
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Binomial name | |
Antipodocottus galatheae Bolin, 1952
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Antipodocottus galatheae, the Galathea sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.[2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin.[3] It is the type species of the genus Antipodocottus.[4] The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fricke, R. (2010). "Antipodocottus galatheae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155138A4727334. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155138A4727334.en. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antipodocottus galatheae". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antipodocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8