Physiculus maslowskii
Physiculus maslowskii is a bathydemersal fish found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1]
| Physiculus maslowskii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Physiculus |
| Species: | P. maslowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Physiculus maslowskii Trunov, 1991 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 16.9 cm (6.7 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in memory of Alexandr Davidovich Maslovskiy (1897-1969), how was Trunov's first teacher, and an associate professor in the Department of Hydrobiology, Khar’kov State University.[3]
References
- Trunov, I.A., 1991. Fishes of the family Moridae from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean (genera Mora Risso and Physiculus Kaup). J. Ichthyol. 31(6):110-116.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus maslowskii" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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