Lobianchia dofleini

Lobianchia dofleini, Dofleini's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish.[1] The fish is found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Lobianchia dofleini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Lobianchia
Species:
L. dofleini
Binomial name
Lobianchia dofleini
(Zugmayer, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Myctophum dofleini Zugmayer, 1911
  • Diaphus dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911)
  • Lampanyctus dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911)
  • Scopelus dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911)
  • Lobianchia dolfeni (Zugmayer, 1911)
  • Lobianchia dolfleini (Zugmayer, 1911)

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.0 cm (2.0 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Franz Doflein (1873–1924), of the University of Munich, who was the one who recommended Zugmayer for the job of the study of fishes obtained by the Princesse-Alice of Monaco (1901–1910).[3]

References
  1. Hulley, P.A., 1990. Myctophidae. p. 398-467. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Lobianchia dofleini" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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