Biology:Tarletonbeania taylori

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Tarletonbeania taylori
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Tarletonbeania
Species:
T. taylori
Binomial name
Tarletonbeania taylori
Mead, 1953

Tarletonbeania taylori, also known as the North Pacific lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish.[1][2][3] It is found in the North Pacific.[1][2] It grows to 7 cm (2.8 in) standard length.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of oceanographer Frederick Henry Carlyle Taylor (b. 1919), of the Pacific Biological Station in Namaimo, British Columbia, Canada.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Williams, A. (2019). "Tarletonbeania taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T130353324A130414460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130353324A130414460.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/130353324/130414460. Retrieved 17 May 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Tarletonbeania taylori" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tarletonbeania taylori Mead, 1953" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282928. 
  4. "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/myctophiformes/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3761355 entry