Biology:Lestidium rofeni
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Short description: Species of fish
| Lestidium rofeni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Lestidium |
| Species: | L. rofeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lestidium rofeni H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020
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Lestidium rofeni is a species of fish. It is found in Taiwan and the Philippines.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Robert R. Rofen, a former research director of the George Vanderbilt Foundation at Stanford University.[2]
References
- ↑ Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020-04-23). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa 4767 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3.
- ↑ "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 ☰ Q97939354 entry
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