Phucocoetes

Phucocoetes
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Subfamily:	Lycodinae
Genus:	Phucocoetes Jenyns, 1871 [2]
Species:	P. latitans
Binomial name
Phucocoetes latitans Jenyns, 1842

Phucocoetes is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is Phucocoetes latitans which is found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina and the Falkland Islands. ^[3]

References

1. Møller, P.R. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Phucocoetes latitans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T155053A115265281. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155053A4717184.en . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 November 2022.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phucocoetes latitans". FishBase . June 2022 version.