Lestidium rofeni
Lestidium rofeni is a species of fish. It is found in Taiwan and the Philippines. [1]
| Lestidium rofeni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Paralepididae |
| Genus: | Lestidium |
| Species: | L. rofeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Lestidium rofeni H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Robert R. Rofen, a former research director of the George Vanderbilt Foundation at Stanford University.[2]
References
- Hsuan-Ching Ho, Ken Graham and Barry Russell. 2020. Three New Species of the Barracudina Genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa. 4767(1); 71–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3
- 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 31 January 2022.
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