''Petroschmidtia'' is a

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es belonging to the

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, the eelpouts. The species in this genus are placed in the genus ''

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'' recognises this as a valid genus.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petroschmidtia albonotata'' ( Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934) (Whitebar eelpout) * '' Petroschmidtia teraoi'' ( Katayama, 1943) Nazarkin, M.V., Shinohara, G. & Shirai, S.M. (2014): Phylogeny and taxonomy of ''Petroschmidtia teraoi'' (Katayama, 1943) (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae). ''Zootaxa, 3780 (1): 171–193.'' * '' Petroschmidtia toyamensis'' Katayama, 1941 * '' Petroschmidtia uschakovi'' (Popov, 1931)

References

Lycodinae Taxa named by Anatoly Andriyashev {{Perciformes-stub