Biology:Narcetes lloydi

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Narcetes lloydi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species:
N. lloydi
Binomial name
Narcetes lloydi
Fowler, 1934

Lloyd's slickhead (Narcetes lloydi) is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). The fish is found in the Indo-West Pacific: on Indian Ocean ridges, in the Arabian Sea and the South China Sea. This species reaches a length of 50 cm (20 in).[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of surgeon-naturalist Richard E. Lloyd (born 1875), of the Marine Survey of India and a student of the deep-sea fishes caught by the RV ‘Investigator,’ in 1909.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Narcetes lloydi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/alepocephaliformes/. 
  • Markle, D.F., 1986. Alepocephalidae. p. 218-223. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Wikidata ☰ Q2499502 entry