Dolichopteryx vityazi
Appearance
Dolichopteryx vityazi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
Species: | D. vityazi
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Binomial name | |
Dolichopteryx vityazi |
Dolichopteryx vityazi is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Description
[edit]This species reaches a length of 6.1 cm (2.4 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of the ship R/V Vityaz (also spelled Vitiaz), from which the first author caught the type specimen on the ship's 26th cruise.[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 vityazi". 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.