Crossostomus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. They are found in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.[2]
| Crossostomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
| Genus: | Crossostomus Lahille, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Lycodes (Iluocoetes) fimbriatus Steindachner, 1898[1]
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Species
editCrossostomus has two valid species within it:
- Crossostomus chilensis (Regan, 1913)
- Crossostomus fasciatus (Lönnberg, 1905)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Crossostomus". FishBase. June 2022 version.