Racovitzia
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| Racovitzia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Bathydraconidae |
| Genus: | Racovitzia Dollo, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Racovitzia glacialis Dollo, 1900 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aconichthys Waite, 1916 | |
Racovitzia 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.
Racovitzia was formally described as a genus in 1900 by the Belgian palaeontologist Louis Dollo when he was describing the only species in what was then considered to be a monotypic genus, Racovitzia glacialis[1] the type of which had been collected by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition off the Antarctic at 71°23'S, 87°32'W or 71°19'S, 87°37'W. In 1916 Edgar Ravenswood Waite described Aconichthys harrisoni which has since been determined to be the second species in the genus,[2] however some authorities consider that R harrisoni is a junior synonym of R. glacialis.[3] The genus name honours the Romanian biologist Emil Racoviță who was the naturalist aboard the Belgica the ship which carried and supported the Belgian Antarctic Expedition.[4]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Racovitzia glacialis Dollo, 1900
- Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite, 1916)