Psychrolutes

Psychrolutes
Blob sculpin, Psychrolutes phrictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	Psychrolutes Günther, 1861
Type species
Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Cottunculoides Barnard, 1927 Gilbertidia Berg, 1898 Gilbertina Jordan & Starks, 1895 Platycottus Schmidt, 1935

Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful ^[2] of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim. ^[3] In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between 1,013 metres (3,323 ft) and 1,340 metres (4,400 ft) on the Norfolk Ridge. ^[4]

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: ^[5]

• Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
• Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
• Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) (blobfish)
• Psychrolutes marmoratus (T. N. Gill, 1889)
• Psychrolutes microporos J. S. Nelson, 1995 (blobfish)
• Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990 (Western Australian sculpin)
• Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 (Tadpole sculpin)
• Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978 (blob sculpin)
• Psychrolutes sigalutes (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (soft sculpin)
• Psychrolutes sio J. S. Nelson, 1980
• Psychrolutes subspinosus (A. S. Jensen, 1902)

Catalog of Fishes classifies Gilbertidia as a synonym of Psychrolutes, ^[6] but FishBase treats it as a valid genus. ^[7]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 March 2023.
2. "Psychrolutidae" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
3. Froese, Rainer; Orlov, Alexei. "Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861". FishBase. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
4. "Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered". The Daily Telegraph, UK. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Psychrolutes". FishBase . February 2023 version.
6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pschrolutes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 March 2023.
7. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Psychrolutidae". FishBase .