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Osteodiscus

Osteodiscus is a genus of snailfishes native to the Pacific Ocean.

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Osteodiscus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Osteodiscus
Stein, 1978
Type species
Osteodiscus cascadiae
Stein, 19781

Osteodiscus is a genus of snailfishes native to the Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:234

References

References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Osteodiscus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.
  4. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Osteodiscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2023.