Brachyopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Subfamily: Brachyopsinae
Genus: Brachyopsis
T. N. Gill, 1861
Species:
B. segaliensis
Binomial name
Brachyopsis segaliensis
(Tilesius, 1809)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agonus segaliensis Tilesius, 1809
  • Agonus rostratus Tilesius, 1813
  • Brachyopsis rostratus (Tilesius, 1813)
  • Agonus laevigatus Tilesius, 1813
  • Phalangistes fusiformis Tilesius, 1814

Brachyopsis is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Brachyopsinae in the family Agonidae. Its only species is Brachyopsis segaliensis which is found in the northwest Pacific Ocean where it occurs from the southern Okhotsk Sea to the northern Sea of Japan and the Pacific coast of northern Japan. It occurs at depths of from 0 to 110 metres (0 to 361 ft). This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL.<

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Brachyopsis segaliensis" in FishBase. August 2022 version.


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