Physiculus fedorovi
Appearance
Physiculus fedorovi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gadiformes |
Family: | Moridae |
Genus: | Physiculus |
Species: | P. fedorovi
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Binomial name | |
Physiculus fedorovi Shcherbachev, 1993
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Physiculus fedorovi is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Indian Ocean.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov (b. 1939), of the Zoological Institute of St. Petersburg, for his contributions to the study of the deep-sea fishes, particularly those of the Pacific Ocean. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
- ^ 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.