blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)

Query: Scorpaeniformes

Result: 252^nd of 267

Subject:	blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
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Drawing of blobfish by Alan Riverstone McCulloch

Description
Neophrynichthys marcidus = Psychrolutes marcidus
Date 1918
Source Fisheries : Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavor" 1909-10 under H.C. Dannevig. See Plate LV, Fig. 2, p. 440 in the pdf source (+page 215) http://www.archive.org/details/fisherieszoologi05aust
Author Alan Riverstone McCulloch (1885-1925)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psychrolutes_marcidus.jpg

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand. Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Psychrolutidae, Genus: Psychrolutes, Species: Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926).

Scorpaeniformes
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