Biology:Melanocetus rossi
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| Melanocetus rossi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Melanocetidae |
| Genus: | Melanocetus |
| Species: | M. rossi
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanocetus rossi Balushkin & Fedorov, 1981
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Melanocetus rossi is a species of black seadevil, a type of anglerfish. The fish is mesopelagic; the only example collected by humans was found in the Ross Sea at a depth of 390 metres (1,280 ft).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of James Clark Ross (1800-1862), a polar captain, and researcher of the Arctic and Antarctic, for whom the Ross Sea, in Antarctica, where the only known specimen was collected, was named.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Melanocetus rossi in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ↑ "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 2): Families CAULOPHRYNIDAE, NEOCERATIIDAE, MELANOCETIDAE, HIMANTOLOPHIDAE, DICERATIIDAE, ONEIRODIDAE, THAUMATICHTHYIDAE, CENTROPHRYNIDAE, CERATIIDAE, GIGANTACTINIDAE and LINOPHRYNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/lophiiformes2/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2476144 entry
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