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Holcomycteronus

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.

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Holcomycteronus
Holcomycteronus brucei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Holcomycteronus
Garman, 1899
Type species
Holcomycteronus digittatus
Garman, 18991
Synonyms2

Grimaldichthys Roule, 1913

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Many were formerly considered species of Neobythites or Grimaldichthys.23

References

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Holcomycteronus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Holcomycteronus". FishBase. June 2012 version.