Leucicorus

Leucicorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Ophidiidae
Subfamily:Neobythitinae
Genus:Leucicorus
Garman, 1899
Type species
Leucicorus lusciosus
Garman 1899[1]

Leucicorus is a small genus of cusk-eels found in deep oceanic waters. It contains two species, one from the western Atlantic and the other from the eastern Pacific.[2]

Species

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

  • Leucicorus atlanticus J. G. Nielsen, 1975
  • Leucicorus lusciosus Garman, 1899

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Leucicorus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Leucicorus in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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