Lestidium rofeni

Lestidium rofeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	Paralepididae
Genus:	Lestidium
Species:	L. rofeni
Binomial name
	Lestidium rofeni; H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020

Last updated October 11, 2025

Lestidium rofeni is a species of fish. It is found in Taiwan and the Philippines.^[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Robert R. Rofen, a former research director of the George Vanderbilt Foundation at Stanford University.^[2]

References

↑ Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020-04-23). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 4767 (1): zootaxa.4767.1.3. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3. PMID 33056573.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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[1] Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020-04-23). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 4767 (1): zootaxa.4767.1.3. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3. PMID 33056573.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

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