Mephisto fraserbrunneri

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Mephisto fraserbrunneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Mephisto
J. C. Tyler, 1966
Species:
M. fraserbrunneri
Binomial name
Mephisto fraserbrunneri

Mephisto fraserbrunneri is a species of spikefish known from the Bay of Bengal near the Andaman Islands where it has been found at a depth of 291 metres (955 ft). This species is the only known member of the genus Mephisto.[1]

References

  1. ^ Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.