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View Mode View All Pictures Species Fiordichthys paxtoni (Nielsen & Cohen 1986)    Fiordichthys paxtoni was originally described as Melodichthys paxtoni by Nielsen & Cohen in 1986. It belongs to the family Bythitidae and subfamily Brosmophycinae. It is commonly known as Baldhead cusk. It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Australia.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   paxtoni AuthorWI   Nielsen [J. G.] & Cohen [D. M.] AuthorNI   Nielsen & Cohen Qualification   --- Year   1986 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Ophidiiformes Ophidiiformes Family   Bythitidae Subfamily   Brosmophycinae Brosmophycinae Genus   Fiordichthys Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Ophidiiformes Family   Bythitidae Subfamily   Brosmophycinae Genus   Fiordichthys Original Name   Melodichthys         Taxon Name   paxtoni Original Combination   Melodichthys paxtoni Original Genus   Melodichthys Original Genus Species   Melodichthys paxtoni OriginalSubGenus   Melodichthys Original Author   Nielsen & Cohen Original AuthorWI   Nielsen [J. G.] & Cohen [D. M.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1986 Original Family   Bythitidae Original SubFamily   Brosmophycinae Original Level   species Type Locality   Southeast of Cape Everard, Victoria, Australia, depth depth 165-275 meters. Primary Code   Holotype Primary Type   AMS E.5264 Journal   Cybium Citation   v. 10 (no. 4) Page   385 Illustrations   Fig. 4 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Bidenichthys paxtoni Current Species   paxtoni Current Genus   Bidenichthys Current AuthorWI   Nielsen [J. G.] & Cohen [D. M.] Current AuthorNI   Nielsen & Cohen Current Year   1986 Current Family   Bythitidae Current Subfamily   --- ---         Water Salt water     Distribution Australia. Current Summary   Valid as Bidenichthys paxtoni  (Nielsen & Cohen 1986). Bythitidae.   Name History   • Valid as Melodichthys paxtoni  Nielsen & Cohen 1986 -- (Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:124 [ref. 24448]). • Valid as Fiordichthys paxtoni  (Nielsen & Cohen 1986) -- (Nielsen et al. 2004:40 [ref. 27738], Hoese & Gates 2006:572 [ref. 28997]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations References Page 1 of 1 (2 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   slartibartfasti Bidenichthys slartibartfasti (Paulin [C. D.] 1995) Valid slartibartfasti Fiordichthys slartibartfasti Paulin [C. D.] 1995 Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (2 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…