Dolichopteryx andriashevi

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Dolichopteryx andriashevi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Family: Opisthoproctidae
Genus: Dolichopteryx
Species:
D. andriashevi
Binomial name
Dolichopteryx andriashevi

Dolichopteryx andriashevi is a species of fish endemic to in the Philippine Sea. [1]

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Description

This species reaches a length of 6.3 cm (2.5 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in memory of the Russian ichthyologist Anatolii Petrovich Andriashev (1910–2009), who made a huge contribution to the study of fishes of the world's oceans. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Parin, N. V.; Belyanina, T. N.; Evseenko, S. A. (2009). "Materials to the revision of the genus Dolichopteryx and closely related taxa (Ioichthys, Bathylychnops) with the separation of a new genus Dolichopteroides and description of three new species (Fam. Opisthoproctidae)". Journal of Ichthyology. 49 (10): 839–851. doi:10.1134/S0032945209100014.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Dolichopteryx andriashevi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  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.


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