Biology:Allocyttus folletti
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Short description: Species of fish
| Oxeye oreo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Zeiformes |
| Family: | Oreosomatidae |
| Genus: | Allocyttus |
| Species: | A. folletti
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| Binomial name | |
| Allocyttus folletti G. S. Myers, 1960
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Allocyttus folletti, the oxeye oreo, is a species of oreo in the family Oreosomatidae, found in the northern Pacific Ocean, from Japan to the Bering Sea and around to southern-central California .[1]
Description
This species reaches a length of 42.0 cm (16.5 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Wilbur (“Bill”) I. Follett (1901–1992), the Curator of Fishes at the California Academy of Sciences, “as a token of personal esteem” and for his “deep interest and broad knowledge” of California fishes.[3]
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Allocyttus folletti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order ZEIFORMES (Dories)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/zeiformes/.
Wikidata ☰ Q1888008 entry
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