Channichthys
Channichthys is a genus of crocodile icefishes native to the Southern Ocean.
| Channichthys | |
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| Channichthys irinae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Channichthyidae |
| Genus: | Channichthys Richardson, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844 | |
Species
Dorsal fins
As of 2020, FishBase accepts nine species in the genus.[1] Some researchers classified Channichthys as a monotypic genus and recognize Channichthys rhinoceratus as the sole Channichthys species.[2][3]
The species of this genus are quite similar to each other, and reliable ways of distinguish them include the shape of their dorsal fins, gill raker count and relative eye diameter to snout length.
- Channichthys aelitae Shandikov, 1995 – Aelita icefish
- Channichthys bospori Shandikov, 1995 – big-eyed icefish
- Channichthys irinae Shandikov, 1995 – pygmy icefish
- Channichthys mithridatis Shandikov, 2008 – green icefish
- Channichthys panticapaei Shandikov, 1995 – charcoal icefish
- Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844 – unicorn icefish
- Channichthys richardsoni Shandikov, 2011 – robust icefish
- Channichthys rugosus Regan, 1913 – red icefish
- Channichthys velifer E. E. Meisner, 1974 – sail icefish
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). Species of Channichthys in FishBase. October 2020 version.
- Voskoboinikova, Olga (2002). "Early life history of two Channichthys species from the Kerguelen Islands, Antarctica (Pisces: Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 10: 407–412.
- Eastman, Joseph & Eakin, Richard (2000). "An updated species list for notothenioid fish (Perciformes; Notothenioidei), with comments on Antarctic species". Archive of Fishery and Marine Research. 48: 11–20. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.456.9054.
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