Dolichopteryx andriashevi
Appearance
Dolichopteryx andriashevi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
Species: | D. andriashevi
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Binomial name | |
Dolichopteryx andriashevi |
Dolichopteryx andriashevi is a species of fish endemic to in the Philippine Sea.[1]
Description
[edit]This species reaches a length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in memory of the Russian ichthyologist Anatolii Petrovich Andriashev (1910–2009), who made a huge contribution to the study of fishes of the world's oceans.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Parin, N. V.; Belyanina, T. N.; Evseenko, S. A. (2009). "Materials to the revision of the genus Dolichopteryx and closely related taxa (Ioichthys, Bathylychnops) with the separation of a new genus Dolichopteroides and description of three new species (Fam. Opisthoproctidae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 49 (10): 839–851. doi:10.1134/S0032945209100014.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dolichopteryx andriashevi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2023.