Cottunculus granulosus is a species of fish in the blobfish family Psychrolutidae found in the south-western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Cottunculus granulosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Cottunculus |
Species: | C. granulosus
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Binomial name | |
Cottunculus granulosus Karrer, 1968
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Description
editThis species reaches a length of 21.7 cm (8.5 in).[2]
References
edit- ^ Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottunculus granulosus". FishBase. February 2015 version.