Species of fish
Antipodocottus galatheae , the Galathea sculpin , is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae , the typical sculpins . This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand .[ 2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania , New South Wales and Queensland .[ 1]
Taxonomy
Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin .[ 3] It is the type species of the genus Antipodocottus .[ 4] The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected.[ 5]
References
^ a b Fricke, R. (2010). "Antipodocottus galatheae" . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 : e.T155138A4727334. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155138A4727334.en . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Antipodocottus galatheae " . FishBase . August 2022 version.
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antipodocottus " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae" . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 January 2023 .
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