Antipodocottus galatheae

Antipodocottus galatheae, the Galathea sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.

This species found on the continental shelf around New Zealand.

[2] It has also been recorded off Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland.

[1] Antipodocottus galatheae was first formally described in 1952 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin.

[4] The specific name is taken from the Danish research ship HMDS Galathea from which the holotype was collected.