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: Cottales
Familia: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Psychrolutes
Species: P. inermis – P. macrocephalus – P. marcidus – P. marmoratus – P. microporos – P. occidentalis – P. paradoxus – P. phrictus – P. sigalutes – P. sio – P. subspinosus
Name
Psychrolutes Günther, 1861: 516
Gender: masculine
Type species: Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861
Type by monotypy
Synonymy
Cottunculoides Barnard, 1927
Psychrolutes paradoxus
Psychrolutes sigalutes
References
Günther, A. 1861: Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. 3 : i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Psychrolutes species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Psychrolutes and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Vernacular names
English: Blobfish
Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful[2] of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim.[3] In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between 1,013 metres (3,323 ft) and 1,340 metres (4,400 ft) on the Norfolk Ridge.[4]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[5]
Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926) (blobfish)
Psychrolutes marmoratus (T. N. Gill, 1889)
Psychrolutes microporos J. S. Nelson, 1995 (blobfish)
Psychrolutes occidentalis R. Fricke, 1990 (Western Australian sculpin)
Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861 (Tadpole sculpin)
Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978 (blob sculpin)
Psychrolutes sigalutes (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (soft sculpin)
Psychrolutes sio J. S. Nelson, 1980
Psychrolutes subspinosus (A. S. Jensen, 1902)
Catalog of Fishes classifies Gilbertidia as a synonym of Pyschrolutes,[6] but FishBase treats it as a valid genus.[7]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
"Psychrolutidae" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
Froese, Rainer; Orlov, Alexei. "Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861". FishBase. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
"Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered". The Daily Telegraph, UK. 4 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Psychrolutes in FishBase. February 2023 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pschrolutes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Psychrolutidae" in FishBase. Februaryyear=2023 2006 version.
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