Bellingshausenia olasoi

Bellingshausenia olasoi

Temperate
Circumpolar Antarctic
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Southern Ocean
Polar regions
Anguilliform
Medium
Temperate fish

Bellingshausenia is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is Bellingshausenia olasoi which is only known from the Bellingshausen Sea in the Southern Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Bellingshausenia
Maximum length: 28 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Antarctic: Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean.

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