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Plesienchelys

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Monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish

Plesienchelys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Plesienchelys
(Gosztonyi, 1977)
Species: P. stehmanni
Binomial name
Plesienchelys stehmanni
M. E. Anderson, 1988

Plesienchelys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is Plesienchelys stehmanni, which is found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean from the Río de la Plata to the Falkland Islands.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plesienchelys stehmanni". FishBase. June 2022 version.
Taxon identifiers
Plesienchelys
Plesienchelys stehmanni
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