Pyrolycus

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Pyrolycus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Pyrolycus
Machida & Hashimoto, 2002
Type species
Pyrolycus manusanus
Machida & Hashimoto, 2002 [1]

Pyrolycus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its three species are found in the Pacific Ocean.

Species

Pyrolycus contains 3 species: [2] [3]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Pyrolycus in FishBase . June 2022 version.
  3. "New Species of Deep-Sea Fish Discovered off Costa Rica". today.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-26.