Littoral cusk
Appearance
Littoral cusk | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Ophidiiformes |
Family: | Bythitidae |
Subfamily: | Brosmophycinae |
Tribe: | Dinematichthyini |
Genus: | Monothrix |
Species: | M. polylepis
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Binomial name | |
Monothrix polylepis J. D. Ogilby, 1897
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The Littoral cusk (Monothrix polylepis) is a species of viviparous brotula known from shallow reefs off the coast of eastern Australia. This species grows to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) SL. This is currently the only known species in its genus.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Monothrix polylepis". FishBase. June 2012 version.