| Bothrocarina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
| Genus: | Bothrocarina Suvurov, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Bothrocarina nigrocaudata Suvorov, 1935 | |
Bothrocarina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The two species in this genus are found in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
Bothrocarina was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1935 by the Soviet zoologist Evgeni Suvurov when he described the new species Bothrocarina nigrocaudata from the Okhotsk Sea. This genus is classified within the subfamily Lycodinae, one of 4 subfamilies in the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. This genus is the sister taxon to Bothrocara, Lycodapus and Lycogrammoides, and these four genera form a clade within the subfamily Lycodinae.
Species
Bothrocarina contains the following species:
- Bothrocarina microcephala (Schmidt, 1938)
- Bothrocarina nigrocaudata Suvorov, 1935
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bothrocarina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- Anderson , M. E. and V. V . Fedorov (2004). "Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 — eelpouts" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 34.
- M. Eric Anderson; Duane E. Stevenson; Gento Shinohara (2009). "Systematic review of the genus Bothrocara Bean 1890 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae)". Ichthyological Research. 56 (2): 172–194. doi:10.1007/s10228-008-0086-6.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Bothrocarina". FishBase. June 2022 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bothrocarina | |