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Psychrolutidae (Tadpole sculpin)

Synonyms: Cottunculidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The fish family Psychrolutidae contains the fatheads or fathead sculpins, including the blobfishes. About 40 species in 9 genera are recognized. This family consists of bottom-dwelling marine sculpins shaped like tadpoles, with large heads and bodies that taper back into small, flat tails. They generally have large, leaf-like pectoral fins and lack scales, although some species are covered with soft spines. They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The adults live on the sea floor, between 100 and 2,800 m (330 and 9,190 ft) deep. Their name is derived from the Greek psychrolouteo, meaning "to have a cold bath".
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Genus

Ambophthalmos (3)
Cottunculus (Tadpole sculpin) (8)
Dasycottus (Tadpole sculpin) (3)
Ebinania (Tadpole sculpin) (7)
Eurymen (Tadpole sculpin) (2)
Gilbertidia (2)
Japanopsychrolutes (1)
Malacocottus (Tadpole sculpin) (6)
Neophrynichthys (Toadfish sculpin) (3)
Psychrolutes (spineless sculpins) (11)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0