Biology:East-Pacific ventbrotula
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Short description: Species of fish
| East-Pacific ventbrotula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Ventichthys |
| Species: | V. biospeedoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ventichthys biospeedoi Neilsen, Møller & Segonzac, 2006
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The East Pacific ventbrotula (Ventichthys biospeedoi) is a species of cusk-eel found around thermal vents on the southern East Pacific Rise at depths of about 2,586 metres (8,484 ft). This species grows to a length of 28.2 centimetres (11.1 in) SL. It is the only known member of its genus.[1] The generic name is a compound of vent, for the Oasis hydrothermal vent on the south East Pacific Rise (at a depth of 2,586 metres (8,484 ft)) and the Greek ichthys meaning "fish", while the specific name refers to the France BIOSPEEDO expedition to the south East Pacific Rise which collected the type specimen[2] in 2004.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Ventichthys biospeedoi" 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/.
- ↑ Nielsen, J.G.; P.R. Møller; M. Segonzac (2006). "Ventichthys biospeedoi n. gen. et sp. (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) from a hydrothermal vent in the South East Pacific". Zootaxa 1247: 13–24. http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-1732.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3278488 entry
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