Bathylutichthys balushkini

Taxonavigation: Cottoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Cottoidei

Familia: Bathylutichthyidae
Genus: Bathylutichthys
Species: Bathylutichthys balushkini

Name

Bathylutichthys balushkini Voskoboinikova, 2014

• Holotype: ZIN 50462.
• Paratypes: ZIN 50461 (1), 50463 (1).

Type locality: Meteor Shoal, 48°03'S, 8°14'E, southeastern Atlantic, depth 960-970 meters.

Etymology: The species is named after Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin, a prominent contributor to the study of the Antarctic ichthyofauna.

Vernacular names

English: Balushkin’s Bathylutichthys

References

• Voskoboinikova, O.S. 2014. New species Bathylutichtys balushkini sp. n. from the Meteor Shoal and the taxonomic position of the family Bathylutichthyidae (Cottoidei). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 54(5): 607–610. / Journal of Ichthyology 54(8): 598–601. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945214050129 Reference page. 
• Voskoboinikova, O.S. 2015. Comparative Osteology of Bathylutichthys balushkini and Relationship of the Family Bathylutichthyidae (Cottoidei). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55(3): 251–259. / Journal of Ichthyology 55(3): 303–310. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945215030157 Reference page.