Moose eelpout

Moose eelpout
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Subfamily:	Gymnelinae
Genus:	Barbapellis; Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012
Species:	B. pterygalces
Binomial name
	Barbapellis pterygalces; Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012

The moose eelpout (Barbapellis pterygalces) is a species of zoarcid fish found in Southern Ocean. This species is only known from a single adult female specimen from off Terre Adélie. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.

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[Iglesias2012-1] Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.

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