Bathymaster
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| Bathymaster | |
|---|---|
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| Alaskan Ronquil (B. caeruleofasciatus) | |
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| Searcher (B. signatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathymasteridae |
| Genus: | Bathymaster Cope, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Bathymaster signatus Cope, 1873[1] | |
Bathymaster is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Bathymasteridae, the ronquils. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Bathymaster was first proposed as a monotypic genus in 1873 by the American paleontologist and biologist Edward Drinker Cope when he described its type species Bathymaster signatus from Sitka, Alaska.[1][2] The genus is classified in the family Bathymasteridae which is in the Scorpaeniform suborder Zoarcoidei.[3] The genus name, Bathymaster, can be translated from the Greek to mean "deep searcher".[4]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Bathymaster caeruleofasciatus C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Alaskan ronquil)
- Bathymaster derjugini Lindberg, 1930 (Blackspot ronquil)
- Bathymaster leurolepis McPhail, 1965 (Smallmouth ronquil)
- Bathymaster signatus Cope, 1873 (Searcher)