Glyptophidium

Glyptophidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Ophidiidae
Subfamily:Neobythitinae
Genus:Glyptophidium
Alcock, 1889
Type species
Glyptophidium argenteum
Alcock, 1889[1]

Glyptophidium is a genus of cusk-eels.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Glyptophidium argenteum Alcock, 1889
  • Glyptophidium effulgens J. G. Nielsen & Machida, 1988
  • Glyptophidium japonicum Kamohara, 1936 (Japanese cusk)
  • Glyptophidium longipes Norman, 1939 (Bigeye brotula)
  • Glyptophidium lucidum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (Sculptured cusk)
  • Glyptophidium macropus Alcock, 1894
  • Glyptophidium oceanium H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Glyptophidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Glyptophidium in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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