Lethotremus muticus
Lethotremus muticus, also known as the docked snailfish[1] (a somewhat misleading name as this species is not one of the true snailfish in the family Liparidae), is a species of lumpfish native to the Northeast Pacific. It is known from the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands, where its range extends to Unimak Pass, and it occurs at a depth range of 58 to 330 m (190 to 1082 ft). It is a benthic species that reaches 11.5 cm (4.5 inches) in total length. It can be found on substrates of mud, rock, or gravel, and it is currently the only known species of Lethotremus, following a reclassification of the second described species in the genus as Eumicrotremus awae.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cyclopteridae |
| Genus: | Lethotremus |
| Species: | L. muticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethotremus muticus Gilbert, 1896 | |
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References
- taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Lethotremus muticus)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Lethotremus muticus". FishBase.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Kim, Jinkoo (June 2017). "Taxonomic review of dwarf species of Eumicrotremus (Actinopterygii: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with descriptions of two new species from the western North Pacific". Zootaxa – via ResearchGate.
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