Patagolycus is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is Patagolycus melastomus which is found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.[1]
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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: | Patagolycus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012, 2012 |
| Species: | P. melastomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Patagolycus melastomus Matallanas & Corbella, 2012
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Patagolycus melanostomus". FishBase. June 2022 version.