Lethotremus
| Lethotremus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cyclopteridae |
| Genus: | Lethotremus C. H. Gilbert, 1896 |
Lethotremus is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern Pacific Ocean. Following a 2017 taxonomic review by Lee et al., the species Lethotremus awae was reclassified as a species of Eumicrotremus, leaving the genus monotypic with L. muticus as its only species.[1]
Species[]
There is currently only one recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Lethotremus muticus C. H. Gilbert, 1896
References[]
- ^ Kim, Jinkoo (June 2017). "Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). Species of Lethotremus in FishBase. December 2021 version.
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