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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Bythitinae |
| Genus: | Acarobythites |
| Species: | A. larsonae
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| Acarobythites larsonae Machida, 2000
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Larson's cusk (Acarobythites larsonae) is a species of viviparous brotula fish only known from reefs off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia . This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name and common name both honour the curator of fishes at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, Northern Territory, Helen Larson who sent speciemsn of fish, especially Ophidiiformes, to the describer Yoshiko Machida for him to study.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Acarobythites larsonae" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes2/. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2198481 entry
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