Antipodocottus galatheae

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Antipodocottus galatheae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Antipodocottus
Species:
A. galatheae
Binomial name
Antipodocottus galatheae
Bolin, 1952

Antipodocottus galatheae, the Galathea sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand. [2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland. [1]

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Taxonomy

Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin. [3] It is the type species of the genus Antipodocottus . [4]

Etymology

The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, R. (2010). "Antipodocottus galatheae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T155138A4727334. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155138A4727334.en . Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antipodocottus galatheae". FishBase . August 2022 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antipodocottus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 January 2023.


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