Cryodraco pappenheimi

Cryodraco pappenheimi is a bathydemersal species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Channichthyidae, the crocodile icefishes. It occurs in the Southern Ocean.^[1][2]

Cryodraco pappenheimi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Channichthyidae
Genus:	Cryodraco
Species:	C. pappenheimi
Binomial name
Cryodraco pappenheimi Regan, 1913

The status of C. pappenheimi as a Cryodraco species is unclear. The holotype was deposited in the Natural History Museum, Berlin and has been lost. From descriptions of this taxon, it is possible that it does not belong in the genus Cryodraco.^[3]

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryodraco pappenheimi". FishBase. June 2021 version.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Cryodraco pappenheimi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
3. T. Iwami and K-H Koch (1990). "Channicthyidae Icefishes". In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. ISBN 9780868102115.