{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Schwarzhans, Psomadakis & Nielsen, 2025","RecordModifiedOn":"2026-06-15","CAAB_code":"37228036","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"Described from holotype collected in the Rowley Shoals region of Western Australia. Similar to <i>P. squamipinne</i> Alcock, 1889 which was previously thought to be widely distributed from East Africa to New Caledonia, but now appears to be restricted to the Bay of Bengal (Schwarzhans et al 2025). Littauer (2025) noted the adjectival ending should reflect the neuter gender of <i>Pycnocraspedum</i>, hence the correct spelling of the name is <i>Pycnocraspedum rowleyense</i>.","habitat":"Slope Demersal (200-2000m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G, 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus <i>Pycnocraspedum</i> (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5636, 3: 443-472. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646&#x25;2Fzootaxa.5636.3.2\">doi:10.11646&#x2f;zootaxa.5636.3.2</a>","Parent_Id":37228951,"scientificName":"Pycnocraspedum rowleyense","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Ophidiiformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Schwarzhans, W., Psomadakis, P.N. & Nielsen, J.G, 2025. Revision of the bathydemersal fish genus <i>Pycnocraspedum</i> (Ophidiidae; Teleostei), with description of two new species., <i>Zootaxa</i>, Vol. 5636, 3: 443-472. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.11646&#x25;2Fzootaxa.5636.3.2\">doi:10.11646&#x2f;zootaxa.5636.3.2</a>","vernacularName":"Pelagic Cusk","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217819","family":"Ophidiidae","standardName":"","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"","CAAB_status":"Valid"}