| Cottunculus tubulosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Cottunculus |
| Species: | C. tubulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottunculus tubulosus | |
Cottunculus tubulosus is a species of fish in the blobfishe family Psychrolutidae. It is found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. [1] It was described in 2007 by Ingvar Byrkjedal and Alexei Markovich Orlov.
This species reaches a length of 4.7 cm (1.9 in). [2]
The fish family Psychrolutidae contains over 35 recognized species in 8 genera. This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles, with large heads and bodies that taper back into small, flat tails. The skin is loosely attached and movable, and the layer underneath it is gelatinous. The eyes are placed high on the head, focused forward closer to the tip of the snout. Members of the family generally have large, leaf-like pectoral fins and lack scales, although some species are covered with soft spines. This is important to the species as the depths in which they live are highly pressurized and they are ambush/opportunistic/foraging predators that do not expend energy unless they are forced to.
Monacoa grimaldii, also known as the mirrorbelly, barreleye, Grimaldi's barreleye, and flatiron fish, is a species of fish in the family Opisthoproctidae. Different sources express different views on its distribution. According to Poulsen and colleagues, it is known with certainty only from the Atlantic Ocean, with records from the Pacific Ocean representing other Monacoa species. However, FishBase and Catalog of Fishes include the Pacific, and in the case of the latter, the Indian Ocean in its range. It is typically mesopelagic, but it has been recorded from depths of 0 to 4,750 metres. It has a body length of 8 cm (3.1 in) SL.
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Opisthoproctus soleatus is a species of fish in the family Opisthoproctidae. It was first described in 1888 by Léon Vaillant. The species lives in most tropical seas, but is more common in the eastern Atlantic, from western Ireland to Mauritania and from Sierra Leone to Angola, and also in the South China Sea. O. soleatus can grow to a standard length of 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) and usually live from about 500 to 700 metres deep.
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Monacoa is a genus of fish in the family Opisthoproctidae found in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They are also known as long-nosed mirrorbellies or simply mirrorbellies, in reference to the bioluminescent organ in their intestines. The largest species, Monacoa grimaldii, can grow to 8 cm (3.1 in) standard length.
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Cottunculus sadko is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads. This species is found from Greenland to the Norwegian and Kara Seas in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. However, some authorities regard this taxon as a synonym of the Polar sculpin.
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