Rosenblattichthys hubbsi

Rosenblattichthys hubbsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Scopelarchidae
Genus:	Rosenblattichthys; R. K. Johnson, 1974
Species:	hubbsi
Binomial name
	Rosenblattichthys hubbsi; R. K. Johnson, 1974

Rosenblattichthys hubbsi, the Hubb's pearleye, is a species of fish found worldwide.[1] It is a part of Rosenblattichthys, a genus of pearleyes.

Size

This species reaches a length of 14.5 cm (5.7 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Carl L. Hubbs (1894-1979), for his many contributions to the science of ichthyology.[3]

References

Johnson, R.K., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 393-397. 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). "Rosenblattichthys hubbsi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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 15 March 2023.

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[1] Johnson, R.K., 1990. Scopelarchidae. p. 393-397. 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). "Rosenblattichthys hubbsi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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 15 March 2023.