Biology:Volodichthys

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Volodichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Volodichthys
Balushkin, 2012
Type species
Volodichthys parini
Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990[1]

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.[2][3] Its members were formerly included in the genus Careproctus.[3]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3][4]

  • Volodichthys catherinae (Andriashev & Stein, 1998)
  • Volodichthys herwigi (Andriashev, 1991)
  • Volodichthys parini (Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990)
  • Volodichthys smirnovi (Andriashev, 1991)
  • Volodichthys solovjevae Balushkin, 2012

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Liparidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Liparidae. 
  2. Priede, I.G. (2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-107-08382-0. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. 
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Volodichthys in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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