Letholycus

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Letholycus

| display_parents = 3

| authority = M. E. Anderson, 1988

| type_species = Melanostigma microphthalmus

| type_species_authority = Norman, 1937{{Cof family|family=Lycodinae|access-date=3 November 2022}}

}}

Letholycus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. This is a small genus with only two species found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

Species

Letholycus contains the following two species:{{FishBase genus|genus=Letholycus|month=June|year=2022}}

{{Linked species list

| Letholycus magellanicus | M. E. Anderson, 1988

| Letholycus microphthalmus | (Norman, 1937)

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References

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Category:Lycodinae

Category:Taxa described in 1988