Cottunculus spinosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Cottunculus |
Species: | C. spinosus
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Binomial name | |
Cottunculus spinosus Gilchrist, 1906
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Cottunculus spinosus is a species of fish in the blobfish family Psychrolutidae. It is found in the south-eastern Atlantic Ocean off South Africa at depths of 1,460 to 2,180 m (4,790 to 7,150 ft).[2][3]
This species reaches a length of 4.5 cm (1.8 in).