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Persimmon eelpout

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Species of fish

Persimmon eelpout
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Eucryphycus
M. E. Anderson, 1988
Species: E. californicus
Binomial name
Eucryphycus californicus
(Starks & Mann, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Maynea californica Starks & Mann, 1911

The persimmon eelpout (Eucryphycus californicus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an eelpout, belonging to the family Zoarcidae. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Eucryphycus. This fish is found in the eastern central Pacific Ocean off California.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eucryphycus californicus". FishBase. June 2022 version.
Taxon identifiers
Eucryphycus
Eucryphycus californicus


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