Volodichthys

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Volodichthys
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Volodichthys
, 2012

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.[1][2] Its members were formerly included in the genus Careproctus.[2]

Species[]

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

  • (Andriashev & , 1998)
  • (Andriashev, 1991)
  • (Andriashev & , 1990)
  • (Andriashev, 1991)
  • , 2012

References[]

  1. ^ Priede, I.G. (2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-107-08382-0.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Volodichthys in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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