Zephyrichthys barryi
Zephyrichthys barryi is a species of viviparous brotula found in the Indian Ocean waters around western Australia. This species grows to a length of 5.9 centimetres (2.3 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The etymology of the name is that the generic name is a compound of zephrys which is Greek for the west wind and refers to the species western Australian range and ichthys, "fish". The specific name honours in the ichthyologist J. Barry Hutchins of the Western Australian Museum (WAM) for his contribution to the knowledge of Australian fishes and for allowing the describers of Z. barryi access to the museum's collections.[2]
| Zephyrichthys barryi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Bythitidae |
| Subfamily: | Brosmophycinae |
| Tribe: | Dinematichthyini |
| Genus: | Zephyrichthys |
| Species: | Z. barryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zephyrichthys barryi Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Zephyrichthys barryi" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order Ophidiiformes: Families Bythitidae, Dinematichthyidae and Parabrotulidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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