Physiculus therosideros

Physiculus therosideros, the scalyfin cod, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.^[1]

Physiculus therosideros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Moridae
Genus:	Physiculus
Species:	P. therosideros
Binomial name
Physiculus therosideros Paulin, 1987

Description

This species reaches a length of 16.8 cm (6.6 in).^[2]

Etymology

Being that theros means summer and sideros means iron, the fish is named for the vessel Iron Summer, which conducted a deepwater survey for Queensland Fisheries Research (1982-1983) and collected the type specimens of this fish. ^[3]