{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Psychrolutes phrictus 1.jpg | image_caption = Blob sculpin, ''Psychrolutes phrictus'' | taxon = Psychrolutes | authority = Günther, 1861 | type_species = ''Psychrolutes paradoxus'' | type_species_authority = Günther, 1861<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Psychrolutinae|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = {{Genus list | Cottunculoides | Barnard, 1927 | Gilbertidia | Berg, 1898 | Gilbertina | Jordan & Starks, 1895 | Platycottus | Schmidt, 1935 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF/> }}
'''''Psychrolutes''''' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful<ref>{{cite web|year=2015|title=Psychrolutidae|url=http://access.afsc.noaa.gov/ichthyo/pdf/family/Psychrolutidae.pdf|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Froese|first1=Rainer|last2=Orlov|first2=Alexei|title=Psychrolutes paradoxus Günther, 1861|website=FishBase|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/4135|access-date=29 July 2017}}</ref> In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of ''P. microporos'' at a depth between {{convert|1013|m|ft}} and {{convert|1340|m}} on the Norfolk Ridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8039965/Census-of-Marine-Life-pictures-of-new-ocean-species-discovered.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005214511/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8039965/Census-of-Marine-Life-pictures-of-new-ocean-species-discovered.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2010|title=Census of Marine Life pictures of new ocean species discovered|publisher=The Daily Telegraph, UK|date=4 October 2010|access-date=4 October 2010}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Psychrolutes| month = February | year = 2023}}</ref> * ''Psychrolutes inermis'' <small>(Vaillant, 1888)</small> * ''Psychrolutes macrocephalus'' <small>(Gilchrist, 1904)</small> * ''Psychrolutes marcidus'' <small>(McCulloch, 1926)</small> (blobfish) * ''Psychrolutes marmoratus'' <small>(T. N. Gill, 1889)</small> * ''Psychrolutes microporos'' <small>J. S. Nelson, 1995</small> (blobfish) * ''Psychrolutes occidentalis'' <small>R. Fricke, 1990</small> (Western Australian sculpin) * ''Psychrolutes paradoxus'' <small>Günther, 1861</small> (Tadpole sculpin) * ''Psychrolutes phrictus'' <small>Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978</small> (blob sculpin) * ''Psychrolutes sigalutes'' <small>(D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895)</small> (soft sculpin) * ''Psychrolutes sio'' <small>J. S. Nelson, 1980</small> * ''Psychrolutes subspinosus'' <small>(A. S. Jensen, 1902)</small>
''Catalog of Fishes'' classifies ''Gilbertidia'' as a synonym of ''Psychrolutes'',<ref name = CofF2>{{Cof genus|genus=Pschrolutes|access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> but ''FishBase'' treats it as a valid genus.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase family|family=Psychrolutidae|month=Februaryyear=2023}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Psychrolutidae Category:Psychrolutes Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther Category:Marine fish genera