Microancathus

Microancathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cyclopteridae
Genus:	Microancathus Voskoboinikova, 2015 ^[1]

Microancathus is a genus of lumpfishes native to the northern oceans.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Microancathus fedorovi (Mandritsa, 1991) (Fedorov's lumpsucker)
Microancathus tokranovi Voskoboinikova, 2015 (Tokranov's lumpsucker) ^[1]

References

1 2 Voskoboinikova, O.S. (2015): New genus of the family Cyclopteridae – Microancathus gen. n. (Pisces: Cottoidei: Cyclopteridae) with description of a new species Microancathus tokranovi sp. n. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 319 (2): 215–228.

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