Dolichopteryx parini
Dolichopteryx parini, the winged spookfish, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Dolichopteryx parini | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
| Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
| Species: | D. parini |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichopteryx parini Kobyliansky & Fedorov, 2001 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 21.7 cm (8.5 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (1932-2012), of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[3]
References
- Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Dolichopteryx parini" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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