''Volodichthys'' 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
snailfish
The snailfishes or sea snails (not to be confused with invertebrate sea snails), are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, a family classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.
Widely distributed from the ...
es found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America.
Its members were formerly included in the genus ''
Careproctus
''Careproctus'' is a genus of snailfishes found in benthic and benthopelagic habitats in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Southern Oceans. Whether they truly are absent from the Indian Ocean (except for a couple of species in Subantarctic waters ...
''.
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Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:Volodichthys catherinae
''Volodichthys'' is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America. Its members were formerly included in the genus ''Careproctus''.
Species
There are currently five recogniz ...
''( Andriashev & Stein
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Places Austria
* Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria
* Stein, Styria, a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld, Styria
* Stein (Lassing), a village in the district of Liezen, Styria
* Stein a ...
, 1998)
* ''Volodichthys herwigi
''Volodichthys'' is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America. Its members were formerly included in the genus ''Careproctus''.
Species
There are currently five recogniz ...
''(Andriashev, 1991)
* ''Volodichthys parini
''Volodichthys'' is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America. Its members were formerly included in the genus ''Careproctus''.
Species
There are currently five recogniz ...
''(Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990)
* ''Volodichthys smirnovi
''Volodichthys'' is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America. Its members were formerly included in the genus ''Careproctus''.
Species
There are currently five recogniz ...
''(Andriashev, 1991)
* ''Volodichthys solovjevae
''Volodichthys'' is a genus of snailfishes found in deep water, more than , of southern oceans near Antarctica and southern South America. Its members were formerly included in the genus '' Careproctus''.
Species
There are currently five recogni ...
'' Balushkin, 2012
References
Liparidae
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