Patagonian blennie

Patagonian blennie
Eleginopidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Notothenioidei
Family: Eleginopidae
T. N. Gill, 1893[2]
Genus: Eleginops
T. N. Gill, 1862[1]
Species:
E. maclovinus
Binomial name
Eleginops maclovinus
(G. Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms[3]
  • Eleginus maclovinus G. Cuvier, 1830
  • Aphritis porosus Jenyns, 1842
  • Pseudaphritis porosus (Jenyns, 1842)

The Patagonian blennie (Eleginops maclovinus), also known as the rock cod, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the monotypic family Eleginopidae and monotypic genus Eleginops. It is found in coastal and estuarine habitats around southernmost South America.

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Eleginopidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Eleginops maclovinus". FishBase. June 2021 version.