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Ophthalmolycus
Ophthalmolycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its two species are found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Indo-Antarctic Eelpout
speciesOphthalmolycus amberensis
Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus
speciesOphthalmolycus conorhynchus
Ophthalmolycus campbellensis
speciesOphthalmolycus campbellensis
Ophthalmolycus chilensis
speciesOphthalmolycus chilensis
Ophthalmolycus eastmani
speciesOphthalmolycus eastmani
Ophthalmolycus macrops
speciesOphthalmolycus macrops
Ophthalmolycus polylepis
speciesOphthalmolycus polylepis
Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos
speciesOphthalmolycus lacrimegalos
Ophthalmolycus andersoni
speciesOphthalmolycus andersoni
Ophthalmolycus bothriocephalus
speciesOphthalmolycus bothriocephalus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90483.