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Psychrolutes Günther, 1861

AphiaID

126169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126169)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861

Synonymised names

Cottunculoides Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted

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Species Psychrolutes inermis (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Psychrolutes macrocephalus (Gilchrist, 1904)
Species Psychrolutes marcidus (McCulloch, 1926)
Species Psychrolutes marmoratus (Gill, 1889)
Species Psychrolutes microporos Nelson, 1995
Species Psychrolutes occidentalis Fricke, 1990
Species Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861
Species Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond, 1978
Species Psychrolutes sigalutes (Jordan & Starks, 1895)
Species Psychrolutes sio Nelson, 1980
Species Psychrolutes subspinosus (Jensen, 1902)
Species Psychrolutes latus Hutton, 1875 accepted as Neophrynichthys latus (Hutton, 1875)
Species Psychrolutes pustulosa (Schmidt, 1937) accepted as Gilbertidia pustulosa Schmidt, 1937 (misspelling)
Species Psychrolutes pustulosus (Schmidt, 1937) accepted as Gilbertidia pustulosa Schmidt, 1937
Species Psychrolutes zebra Bean, 1890 accepted as Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London. v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Psychrolutes Günther, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126169 on 2025-12-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

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Martinez, Olga

2013-03-11 14:35:28Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. London. v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]