Moose eelpout | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Zoarcidae |
Subfamily: | Gymnelinae |
Genus: | Barbapellis Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 |
Species: | B. pterygalces |
Binomial name | |
Barbapellis pterygalces Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 |
The moose eelpout (Barbapellis pterygalces) is a species of zoarcid fish found in Southern Ocean. This species is only known from a single adult female specimen from off Terre Adélie. This species is the only known member of its genus.
References
- ^ Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Barbapellis pterygalces |
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