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Narcetes wonderi

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Narcetes wonderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species:
N. wonderi
Binomial name
Narcetes wonderi
Herre, 1935

Narcetes wonderi is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). It is found in the waters of Japan.[1]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of taxidermist Frank C. Wonder (1904-1963) of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Narcetes wonderi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  • Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.