Needletooth cusk

The needletooth cusk (Epetriodus freddyi) is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths of 1,000 to 1,750 metres (3,280 to 5,740 ft). This species grows to a length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in) SL. It is the only known species of its genus[1] The generic name is a compound of the Greek epetrion meaning "needle" and odous meaning "tooth", while the specific name honours the English ichthyologist Norman Bertram “Freddy” Marshall (1915-1996) who worked on deep sea fishes as the British Museum (Natural History).[2]

Needletooth cusk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Subfamily: Neobythitinae
Genus: Epetriodus
Species:
E. freddyi
Binomial name
Epetriodus freddyi
Cohen & J. G. Nielsen, 1978

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Epetriodus freddyi" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order Ophidiiformes: Families Carapidae and Ophidiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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