Volodichthys Explained

Volodichthys is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than, of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America.^{[1] [2]} Its members were formerly included in the genus Careproctus.^[2]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Volodichthys catherinae (Andriashev & Stein, 1998)
• Volodichthys herwigi (Andriashev, 1991)
• Volodichthys parini (Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990)
• Volodichthys smirnovi (Andriashev, 1991)
• Volodichthys solovjevae Balushkin, 2012

Notes and References

1. Book: Priede, I.G. . 2017 . Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries . 262–263 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-08382-0 .
2. Balushkin, A.V. . 2012 . Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemisphere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic) . Journal of Ichthyology . 52 . 1 . 1–10 . 10.1134/S0032945212010018 .