Nalbantichthys

Nalbanichthys is a monospecific genus belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is Nalbanichthys elongatus which is found in the southern Bering Sea.^[1] The genus name honours the Romanian ichthyologist Theodor Nalbant who sent specimens to Leonard Peter Schultz for him to describe.^[2]

Nalbantichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Zoarcidae
Subfamily:	Gymnelinae
Genus:	Nalbantichthys Schultz, 1967
Species:	N. elongatus
Binomial name
Nalbantichthys elongatus Schultz, 1967