Petroschmidtia Explained

Petroschmidtia is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The species in this genus are placed in the genus Lycodes by FishBase but Catalog of Fishes recognises this as a valid genus.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

• Petroschmidtia albonotata (Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934) (Whitebar eelpout)
• Petroschmidtia teraoi (Katayama, 1943) ^[1]
• Petroschmidtia toyamensis Katayama, 1941 ^[1]
• Petroschmidtia uschakovi (Popov, 1931) ^[1]

Notes and References

1. Nazarkin, M.V., Shinohara, G. & Shirai, S.M. (2014): Phylogeny and taxonomy of Petroschmidtia teraoi (Katayama, 1943) (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae). Zootaxa, 3780 (1): 171–193.