Parachaenichthys
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| Parachaenichthys | |
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| Parachaenichthys charcoti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathydraconidae |
| Genus: | Parachaenichthys Boulenger, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Chaenichthys georgianus Fischer, 1885 | |
Parachaenichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bathydraconidae, the Antarctic dragonfishes. They are found in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Parachaenichthys was first described as a genus in 1902 by the Belgian-born British ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger with Chaenichthys georgianus designated as the type species by monotypy, i.e. it was the only species in the new genus at the time of genus description.[1] Chaenichthys georgianus had been described in 1885 by the German zoologist J.G. Fischer with the type locality given as South Georgia.[2] The genus name Parachaenichthys is a compound of para meaning "near" or "similar to" and Chaenichthys, i.e. Channichthys the genus P. georgianus was originally placed in by Fischer.[3]
Species
There are currently two recognised species in this genus:[4]
- Parachaenichthys charcoti (Vaillant, 1906)
- Parachaenichthys georgianus (J. G. Fischer, 1885)