Biology:Halieutopsis ingerorum
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Halieutopsis ingerorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lophiiformes |
Family: | Ogcocephalidae |
Genus: | Halieutopsis |
Species: | H. ingerorum
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Binomial name | |
Halieutopsis ingerorum Bradbury, 1988
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Halieutopsis ingerorum, also known as Ingers' deepsea batfish, is a species of fish in the family Ogcocephalidae.[1]
It is found in the Western Indian Ocean in the vicinity of the Mozambique Channel and also in the Northwest Pacific around Taiwan.
This species reaches a length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Robert F. Inger.
References
- ↑ Bradbury, M.G., 1988. Rare fishes of the deep-sea genus Halieutopsis: a review with descriptions of four new species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae). Fieldiana 44:1-22.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Halieutopsis ingerorum" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1854906 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halieutopsis ingerorum.
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