Dolichopteryx parini, the winged spookfish, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Dolichopteryx parini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Argentiniformes |
Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
Species: | D. parini
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Binomial name | |
Dolichopteryx parini Kobyliansky & Fedorov, 2001
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Description
editThis species reaches a length of 21.7 cm (8.5 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (1932-2012), of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]
References
edit- ^ Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dolichopteryx parini". 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.