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Pycnocraspedum

Pycnocraspedum is a genus of cusk-eels.

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Pycnocraspedum
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Pycnocraspedum
Alcock, 1889
Type species
Pycnocraspedum squamipinne
Alcock, 18891

Pycnocraspedum is a genus of cusk-eels.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:2

  • Pycnocraspedum armatum Gosline, 1954
  • Pycnocraspedum fulvum Machida, 1984
  • Pycnocraspedum microlepis (Matsubara, 1943)
  • Pycnocraspedum phyllosoma (A. E. Parr, 1933)
  • Pycnocraspedum squamipinne Alcock, 1889 (Pelagic cusk)
References

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pycnocraspedum". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pycnocraspedum". FishBase. June 2012 version.