Holcomycteronus

Holcomycteronus is a genus of cusk-eels. It includes Holcomycteronus profundissimus, long thought to be the deepest-living fish in the world's oceans.

Holcomycteronus
Holcomycteronus brucei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Ophidiiformes
Family:	Ophidiidae
Subfamily:	Neobythitinae
Genus:	Holcomycteronus Garman, 1899
Type species
Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman, 1899[1]
Synonyms[2]
Grimaldichthys Roule, 1913

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Many were formerly considered species of Neobythites or Grimaldichthys.^[2][3]

• Holcomycteronus aequatoris (H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913)
• Holcomycteronus brucei (Dollo, 1906)
• Holcomycteronus digittatus Garman, 1899
• Holcomycteronus profundissimus (Roule, 1913)
• Holcomycteronus pterotus (Alcock, 1890)
• Holcomycteronus squamosus (Roule, 1916)