''Psychrolutes'' is a genus of fish of the family
Psychrolutidae
The fish family Psychrolutidae (commonly known as blobfishes, toadfishes, flathead sculpins, tadpole sculpins,) contains over 35 recognized species in 8 genera. This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles, with l ...
(fathead sculpins). Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim. In June 2003, During the
NORFANZ Expedition north-west of
New Zealand
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, scientists trawled a specimen of ''P. microporos'' at a depth between and on the
Norfolk Ridge
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It is part of a complex region of ridges between the crust of the Pacific Basin and the continental c ...
.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Psychrolutes inermis''
( Vaillant, 1888)
* ''
Psychrolutes macrocephalus''
( Gilchrist, 1904)
* ''
Psychrolutes marcidus
: ''Blobfish may also refer to the related species Psychrolutes microporos.''
''Psychrolutes marcidus'', the smooth-head blobfish, also known simply as blobfish, is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off ...
''
(McCulloch
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*Alan McCulloch (politician), New Zealand politician
*Alan McLeod McCulloch ( ...
, 1926) (Blobfish)
* ''
Psychrolutes marmoratus''
( T. N. Gill, 1889)
* ''
Psychrolutes microporos
''Psychrolutes microporos'' is a species of deepwater marine fish in the family Psychrolutidae, commonly known as a blobfish or fathead. It is found in the abyssal zone in waters around Australia and New Zealand.
Discovery
A specimen of ''Psyc ...
''
( J. S. Nelson, 1995)
* ''
Psychrolutes occidentalis
''Psychrolutes occidentalis'', also known as the western Australian sculpin or western blobfish, is a species of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It is a bathydemersal fish found along the continental slope to the west of Australia.
...
''
( R. Fricke, 1990) (Western Australian sculpin)
* ''
Psychrolutes paradoxus''
( Günther, 1861) (Tadpole sculpin)
* ''
Psychrolutes phrictus
The blob sculpin (''Psychrolutes phrictus'') is a species of deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs, and sea pens.
It lives off the continental shelves in very deep water (839–2800 m) in the ...
''
(Stein
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& C. E. Bond, 1978) (Blob sculpin)
* ''
Psychrolutes sigalutes''
( D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Soft sculpin)
* ''
Psychrolutes sio''
( J. S. Nelson, 1980)
* ''
Psychrolutes subspinosus''
( A. S. Jensen, 1902)
References
Psychrolutidae
Taxa named by Albert Günther
Marine fish genera
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