''Lyconus'' is a genus of
merluccid hake
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They are native to cold water in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and typically are found at ...
s known only from the
Atlantic Ocean
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.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Lyconus brachycolus''
Holt & Byrne '
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, 1906
* ''
Lyconus pinnatus''
Günther, 1887
References
Merlucciidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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