Rhodichthys

Genus of fishes

Rhodichthys
Rhodichthys regina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Rhodichthys
Collett, 1879
Type species
Rhodichthys regina
Collett, 1879

Rhodichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fishes are found in the northeast Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Species

Rhodichthys has two currently recognised species within it:

  • Rhodichthys melanocephalus Andriashev & Chernova, 2011 (Blackhead strainer snailfish)
  • Rhodichthys regina Collett, 1879 (Threadfin snailfish)

References

Taxon identifiers
Rhodichthys
  • Wikidata: Q2229390
  • BOLD: 89113
  • CoL: 793L
  • GBIF: 2336131
  • iNaturalist: 459218
  • IRMNG: 1033707
  • ITIS: 643590
  • NBN: NHMSYS0001745988
  • NCBI: 446834
  • WoRMS: 126163