Ophthalmolycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its two species are found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
| Ophthalmolycus | |
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| Ophthalmolycus macrops | |
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| Ophthalmolycus amberensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycodinae |
| Genus: | Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Lycodes macrops | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editOphthalmolycus contains the following species:[2]
- Ophthalmolycus amberensis (Tomo, Marschoff & Torno, 1977)
- Ophthalmolycus andersoni Matallanas, 2009
- Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus (Pappenheim, 1912)
- Ophthalmolycus campbellensis Andriashev & Fedorov, 1986
- Ophthalmolycus chilensis M. E. Anderson, 1992
- Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus (Garman, 1899)
- Ophthalmolycus eastmani Matallanas, 2011
- Ophthalmolycus macrops (Günther, 1880)
- Ophthalmolycus polylepis Matallanas, 2011
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ophthalmolycus". FishBase. June 2022 version.