Narcetes kamoharai
Narcetes kamoharai is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). The fish is found in the Western Pacific with Japan and the Philippines in its range. This species reaches a length of 34 cm (13 in).[1]
| Narcetes kamoharai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Alepocephalidae |
| Genus: | Narcetes |
| Species: | N. kamoharai |
| Binomial name | |
| Narcetes kamoharai Okamura, 1984 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972), an ichthyologist at Kochi University.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Narcetes kamoharai" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p.
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