Biology:Banded cusk-eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Banded cusk-eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophidiinae |
| Genus: | Raneya C. R. Robins, 1961 |
| Species: | R. brasiliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Raneya brasiliensis (Kaup, 1856)
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The banded cusk-eel (Raneya brasiliensis) is a species of cusk-eel found along the southeast coast of South America from southern Brazil to northern Argentina . It occurs at depths of from 40 to 150 metres (130 to 490 ft) and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries. This species grows to a length of 31 centimetres (12 in) TL. It is the only known member of its genus.[1] The generic name honours the American ichthyologist Edward C. Raney (1909–1984) of Cornell University who introduced the describer Charles R. Robins to ichthyology.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Raneya brasiliensis" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q664918 entry
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