Biology:Acropoma leobergi
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Short description: Species of fish
| Tropical lanternbelly | |
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| Acropoma leobergi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Acropomatidae |
| Genus: | Acropoma |
| Species: | A. leobergi
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| Binomial name | |
| Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev, 2018[1]
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The Tropical lanternbelly, Acropoma leobergi is a species of the genus Acropoma described as having a luminous behind the anus that resembles a "U" in shape. The species is native to the Arafura Sea.[1][2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Lev (or Leo) Semyonovich Berg (1876-1950), a Russian ichthyologist, after who the fishing vessel Academician Berg was also named, and from which the type specimens was collected in 1967.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prokofiev, A. M. (2018-11-01). "A New Species of Luminous Percoids of the Acropoma Genus (Acropomatidae)" (in en). Journal of Ichthyology 58 (6): 939–943. doi:10.1134/S0032945218060152. ISSN 1555-6425. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945218060152.
- ↑ Okamoto, M., J.T. Williams, K.E. Carpenter, M.D. Santos and S. Kimura, 2019. Description of a new species of the genus Acropoma (Acropomatidae) from the Arafura Sea with a redescription of Acropoma leobergi Prokofiev 2018 and the first record of Acropoma boholensis Yamanoue and Matsuura 2002 from the South China Sea. Ichthyol. Res. 67:39-49.
- ↑ "Order ACROPOTAMIFORMES: Families SCOMBROPIDAE, CHAMPSODONTIDAE, CREEDIIDAE, HEMEROCOETIDAE, HOWELLIDAE, SYNAGROPIDAE, MALAKICHTHYIDAE, ACROPOMATIDAE, SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE, EPIGONIDAE, POLYPRIONIDAE, STEREOLEPIDIDAE, LATEOBRACIDAE, GLAUCOSOMATIDAE, PEMPHERIDAE, BATHYCLUPEIDAE, PENTACEROTIDAE, OSTRACOBERYCIDAE, BANJOSIDAE and DINOLESTIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/acropomatiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q116868842 entry
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