''Phucocoetes'' is a
monospecific genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
of marine
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Zoarcidae, the
eelpouts. Its only species is ''Phucocoetes latitans'' which is found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina and the
Falkland Islands.
References
Lycodinae
Fish described in 1842
Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
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