Allocyttus folletti
Appearance
Oxeye oreo | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Zeiformes |
Family: | Oreosomatidae |
Genus: | Allocyttus |
Species: | A. folletti
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Binomial name | |
Allocyttus folletti G. S. Myers, 1960
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Allocyttus folletti, the oxeye oreo, is a species of oreo in the family Oreosomatidae, found in the northern Pacific Ocean, from Japan to the Bering Sea and around to southern-central California.[1]
Description
[edit]This species reaches a length of 42.0 cm (16.5 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Wilbur (“Bill”) I. Follett (1901–1992), the Curator of Fishes at the California Academy of Sciences, “as a token of personal esteem” and for his “deep interest and broad knowledge” of California fishes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Allocyttus folletti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ZEIFORMES (Dories)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 March 2023.