Antipodocottus megalops

Antipodocottus megalops is a sculpin of the family Cottidae, found on the continental shelf around New Zealand, at depths of between 400 and 600 m. Its length is up to 5 cm

Antipodocottus megalops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Antipodocottus
Species:
A. megalops
Binomial name
Antipodocottus megalops
H. H. DeWitt, 1969

References

  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Antipodocottus megalops" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
  • Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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