Lobianchia dofleini
Lobianchia dofleini, Dofleini's lantern fish, is a species of lanternfish.[1] The fish is found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Lobianchia dofleini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Lobianchia |
Species: | L. dofleini |
Binomial name | |
Lobianchia dofleini (Zugmayer, 1911) | |
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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
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Lobianchia dofleini" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- 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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