Menziesichthys bacescui

Menziesichthys bacescui
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Menziesichthys
Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971
Species: M. bacescui
Binomial name
Menziesichthys bacescui
Nalbant & R. F. Mayer, 1971

Menziesichthys bacescui is a species of cusk eel only known from the Peru-Chile trench at depths of from 1,296 to 1,317 metres (4,252 to 4,321 ft). This species was originally described as a snailfish in the family Liparidae, but has been better considered to be an ophidiid cusk eel.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

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