Moose eelpout

Barbapellis pterygalces
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Genus:	Barbapellis Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012 ^[1]
Species:	B. pterygalces
Binomial name
*Barbapellis pterygalces* Iglésias, Dettai & Ozouf-Costaz, 2012

Barbapellis pterygalces also known as the Moose eelpout is a species of zoarcid fish found in Southern Ocean. This species is only known from a single adult female specimen from off Terre Adélie. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[1]

References

1 2 Iglésias, S.P., Dettai, A. & Ozouf-Costaz, C. (2012): Barbapellis pterygalces, new genus and new species of a singular eelpout (Zoarcidae: Teleostei) from the Antarctic deep waters. Polar Biology, 35 (2): 215-220.

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