Lestidium rofeni is a species of fish. It is found in Taiwan and the Philippines.[1]
| Lestidium rofeni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Lestidium |
| Species: | L. rofeni
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lestidium rofeni | |
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Robert R. Rofen, a former research director of the George Vanderbilt Foundation at Stanford University.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020-04-23). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 4767 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3.
- ^ 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 31 January 2022.
 | This Aulopiformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |