Cottunculus granulosus
Cottunculus granulosus is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes) found in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.[1]
| Cottunculus granulosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Cottunculus |
| Species: | C. granulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottunculus granulosus Karrer, 1968 | |
This species reaches a length of 21.7 cm (8.5 in).[2]
References
- Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986. Important fishes trawled off Patagonia. Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, Tokyo. 369 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Cottunculus granulosus" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
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