Woodsia (fish)

Woodsia is a genus of lightfishes.

Woodsia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Stomiiformes
Family: Phosichthyidae
Genus: Woodsia
Grey, 1959

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Woodsia meyerwaardeni G. Krefft, 1973 (Austral lightfish)
  • Woodsia nonsuchae (Beebe, 1932) (Bigeye lightfish)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Woodsia in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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