Psychrolutes occidentalis

Western Australian Sculpin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Psychrolutes
Species: P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Psychrolutes occidentalis
R. Fricke, 1990

The Western Australian sculpin (Psychrolutes occidentalis) is a species of deep-sea fish of the Psychrolutidae family.

Distribution

Eastern Indian Ocean known only from around Rowley Shoals, off northwestern Australia.

Biology

The species is found on the continental slope, and is benthic.


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