Biology:Dolichopteryx andriashevi

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Dolichopteryx andriashevi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Opisthoproctidae
Genus: Dolichopteryx
Species:
D. andriashevi
Binomial name
Dolichopteryx andriashevi
Parin, Belyanina & Evseenko, 2009

Dolichopteryx andriashevi is a species of fish endemic to in the Philippine Sea.[1]

Description

This species reaches a length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in memory of the Russian ichthyologist Anatolii Petrovich Andriashev (1910–2009), who made a huge contribution to the study of fishes of the world's oceans.[3]

References

  1. Parin, N. V.; Belyanina, T. N.; Evseenko, S. A. (2009). "Materials to the revision of the genus Dolichopteryx and closely related taxa (Ioichthys, Bathylychnops) with the separation of a new genus Dolichopteroides and description of three new species (Fam. Opisthoproctidae)". Journal of Ichthyology 49 (10): 839–851. doi:10.1134/S0032945209100014. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Dolichopteryx andriashevi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/aulopiformes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6421446 entry