''Osteodiscus'' is a
genus of
snailfish
The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a Family (biology), family of Saltwater fish, marine Scorpaeniformes, scorpaeniform fishes.
Widely distributed from the Arctic Ocean, Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the ocea ...
es native to the
Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently four recognized
species in this genus:
Murasaki
''Murasaki'' refers to the heroine of '' The Tale of Genji'' (), after whom the book's author, Murasaki Shikibu, was named by her contemporaries. She was a lady in waiting at the Imperial Court of Japan, around the year 1000. Murasaki Shikibu's ...
, Kai, Endo & Fukui
is a Japanese name meaning "fortunate" or sometimes "one who is from the Fukui prefecture". It may refer to:
Places
* Fukui Domain, a part of the Japanese han system during the Edo period
* Fukui Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan located in ...
, 2021
* ''Osteodiscus andriashevi
''Osteodiscus andriashevi'' is a species of marine fish in the family Liparidae (snailfishes or seasnails). This species is known from the deep waters of the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific where in occurs at depths of from . It grows to ...
'' Pitruk & Fedorov, 1990
* '' Osteodiscus cascadiae'' Stein, 1978 (Bigtail snailfish)
* ''Osteodiscus rhepostomias
''Osteodiscus'' is a genus of snailfishes native to the Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* '' Osteodiscus abyssicola'' Murasaki, Kai, Endo & Fukui, 2021
* ''Osteodiscus andriashevi
''Osteo ...
'' Stein, 2012[Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. ''Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.'']
References
Liparidae
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