''Petroschmidtia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

es belonging to the

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Zoarcidae The eelpouts are the ray-finned fish family (biology), family Zoarcidae. As the common name suggests, they are somewhat eel-like in appearance. All of the 300 species are ocean, marine and mostly bottom-dwelling, some at great depths. Eelpouts a ...

, the eelpouts. The species in this genus are placed in the genus ''

Lycodes ''Lycodes'' is a genus of zoarcid fish in the subfamily Lycodinae. It is the most species-rich genus in its taxonomic family as well as in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. They occupy both shallow waters and deeper waters down to 3000 mete ...

'' by ''

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'' but ''

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'' recognises this as a valid genus.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * '' Petroschmidtia albonotata'' ( Taranetz & Andriashev, 1934) (Whitebar eelpout) * ''

Petroschmidtia teraoi ''Petroschmidtia'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. The species in this genus are placed in the genus ''Lycodes'' by ''FishBase'' but ''Catalog of Fishes'' recognises this a ...

'' ( Katayama, 1943) Nazarkin, M.V., Shinohara, G. & Shirai, S.M. (2014): Phylogeny and taxonomy of ''Petroschmidtia teraoi'' (Katayama, 1943) (Osteichthyes: Perciformes: Zoarcidae). ''Zootaxa, 3780 (1): 171–193.'' * '' Petroschmidtia toyamensis'' Katayama, 1941 * '' Petroschmidtia uschakovi'' (Popov, 1931)

References

Lycodinae Taxa named by Anatoly Andriyashev {{Perciformes-stub