Biology:Branchiostegus gloerfelti
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Malacanthidae |
| Genus: | Branchiostegus |
| Species: | B. gloerfelti
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| Binomial name | |
| Branchiostegus gloerfelti Dooley & Kailola, 1988
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Branchiostegus gloerfelti, the Australian tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. So far it has only been found in the southwest Sumatra to Bali Strait in Indonesia.[1] This species reaches a length of 25.5 cm (10.0 in). [2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of fisheries consultant Thomas Gloerfelt-Tarp.[3]
References
- ↑ Dooley, J.K. and P.J. Kailola, 1988. Four new tilefishes from the northeastern Indian Ocean, with a review of the genus Branchiostegus. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):247-260
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Branchiostegus gloerfelti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/eupercaria/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2744747 entry
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