Hadropogonichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The only species in the genus is Hadropogonichthys lindbergi which is in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[2]

Hadropogonichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Hadropogonichthys
Federov, 1982
Species:
H. lindbergi
Binomial name
Hadropogonichthys lindbergi
Federov, 1982

The genus was first proposed in 1882 by the Soviet zoologist Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov when he described Hadropogonichthys lindbergi from the Kuril Islands.[3] In 2004, a second species was described, H. leptopus from Japan but this has not yet been included in Fishbase.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Møller, P.R. (2017) [errata version of 2010 assessment]. "Hadropogonichthys lindbergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155241A115290488. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155241A4755473.en. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hadropogonichthys lindbergi". FishBase. June 2022 version.
  3. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hadropogonichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ Yoshihiko Machida; Gento Shinohara; Suguru Ohta (2004). "A New Deep-sea Eelpout, Hadropogonichthys leptopus (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae), from the Pacific Ocean off Japan". Species Diversity. 9 (3): 193–200. doi:10.12782/specdiv.9.193.