| Taxon | Bothrocarina |
|---|---|
| Authority | Evgeni Suvorov, 1935 |
| Type species | Bothrocarina nigrocaudata |
| Type species authority | Suvorov, 1935 |
Bothrocarina is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The two species in this genus are found in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
Bothrocarina was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1935 by the Soviet zoologist Evgeni Suvorov when he described the new species Bothrocarina nigrocaudata from the Okhotsk Sea.[1][2] This genus is classified within the subfamily Lycodinae, one of 4 subfamilies in the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts.[3] This genus is the sister taxon to Bothrocara, Lycodapus and Lycogrammoides, and these four genera form a clade within the subfamily Lycodinae.[4]
Species
Bothrocarina contains the following species:[5]
References
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- ^ Anderson , M. E. & V. V . Fedorov (2004). "Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 — eelpouts". California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 34
- ^ M. Eric Anderson; Duane E. Stevenson; Gento Shinohara (2009). "Systematic review of the genus Bothrocara Bean 1890 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae)". Ichthyological Research. 56 (2): 172-194. doi:10.1007/s10228-008-0086-6
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