Ophthalmolycus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Cottoidei
Infraordo: Zoarcales

Familia: Zoarcidae
Genus: Ophthalmolycus
Species: O. amberensis – O. andersoni – O. bothriocephalus – O. campbellensis – O. chilensis – O. conorhynchus – O. eastmani – O. macrops – O. polylepis
Name

Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913: 243

Type species: Lycodes macrops Günther, 1880. Type by monotypy.
References

Regan, C.T. 1913: The Antarctic fishes of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 49 (pt 2, no. 2): 229–292, Pls. 1-11.
Matallanas, J. 2010: Description of two new species of Ophthalmolycus (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from the Southern Ocean and key to species of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91: 561–567.

Ophthalmolycus amberensis

Ophthalmolycus macrops

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.
Species

Ophthalmolycus 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

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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Ophthalmolycus in FishBase. June 2022 version.