Volodichthys

Volodichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Liparidae
Genus:Volodichthys
Balushkin, 2012

Volodichthys is a genus of snailfishes found in the southern oceans.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Volodichthys catherinae (Andriashev & Stein, 1998)
  • Volodichthys herwigi (Andriashev, 1991)
  • Volodichthys parini (Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990)
  • Volodichthys smirnovi (Andriashev, 1991)
  • Volodichthys solovjevae Balushkin, 2012

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Volodichthys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ↑ Balushkin, A.V. (2012): Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemisphere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic). Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (1): 1–10.


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