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Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Chionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978
Name authority
Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Channichthyidae
Genus
Chionobathyscus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderNotothenioidei
  12. familyChannichthyidae Gill, 1861
  13. genusChionobathyscus Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978
  14. speciesChionobathyscus dewitti Andriashev & Neyelov, 1978

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 19 records assigned to Channichthyidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Andriashev, A. P., & Neelov, A. V. (1978). A new whiteblooded fish (Chionobathyscus dewitti, gen. et sp. n.; fam. Channichthyidae) from the continental slope of the east Antarctic. O. A. Skarlato (Ed.) Morfologiya I Sistematika Ryb [Morphology and Systematics of Fish (Collection of Scientific Works.)]. Academy of Sciences of the USSR Publications, Leningrad, Pp. 5–12. [In Russian. English title in Contents of Russian original.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:5Y5F3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.