Dolichopteryx vityazi
Dolichopteryx vityazi is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Dolichopteryx vityazi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Argentiniformes |
| Family: | Opisthoproctidae |
| Genus: | Dolichopteryx |
| Species: | D. vityazi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolichopteryx vityazi | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 6.1 cm (2.4 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the ship R/V Vityaz (also spelled Vitiaz), from which the first author caught the type specimen on the ship's 26th cruise.[3]
References
- Parin, N. V.; Belyanina, T. N.; Evseenko, S. A. (2009). "Materials to the revision of the genus Dolichopteryx and closely related taxa (Ioichthys, Bathylychnops) with the separation of a new genus Dolichopteroides and description of three new species (Fam. Opisthoproctidae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 49 (10): 839–851. doi:10.1134/S0032945209100014.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Dolichopteryx vityazi" 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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