Letholycus

Letholycus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Zoarcoidei
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Letholycus
M. E. Anderson, 1988
Type species
Melanostigma microphthalmus
Norman, 1937

Letholycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. This is a small genus with only two species found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Species

Letholycus contains the following two species:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Letholycus". FishBase. June 2022 version.