Antipodocottus galatheae

Antipodocottus galatheae, the Galathea sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.^[2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.^[1]

Antipodocottus galatheae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	Antipodocottus
Species:	A. galatheae
Binomial name
Antipodocottus galatheae Bolin, 1952

Taxonomy

Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin.^[3] It is the type species of the genus Antipodocottus.^[4]

Etymology

The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected.^[5]