Oneirodes sanjeevani

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Oneirodes sanjeevani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Lophiiformes
Family: Oneirodidae
Genus: Oneirodes
Species:
O. sanjeevani
Binomial name
Oneirodes sanjeevani

Oneirodes sanjeevani is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep sea anglerfishes [2] known by a single specimen which was described in March 2017. The holotype was recovered by midwater trawling in the Indian Ocean west of the Maldives at 00.87°S, 67.59°E from a depth between 380 and 600 meters. [3] The holotype, a female, [2] has a standard length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in), with 5 soft rays in its dorsal fin and 4 in its anal fin. [4] It is named in honor of Dr. V. N. Sanjeevan, who was the Director of the Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology in Kochi, Kerala, southern India. [5]

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Robertson, R.; Matson, C. & Rivera Higueras, M. (2019). "Oneirodes sanjeevani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T140349483A140859123. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T140349483A140859123.en . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 Rajeeshkumar, M. P.; Meera, K. M.; Hashim, M. (March 2017). "A New Species of the Deep-Sea Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Oneirodes (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Western Indian Ocean" . Copeia. 105 (1): 82–84. doi:10.1643/CI-16-467. ISSN   0045-8511. S2CID   90551773.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oneirodes". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oneirodes sanjeevani". FishBase . June 2024 version.
  5. Christopher Scharpf (3 June 2024). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 2): Families CAULOPHRYNIDAE, NEOCERATIIDAE, MELANOCETIDAE, HIMANTOLOPHIDAE, DICERATIIDAE, ONEIRODIDAE, THAUMATICHTHYIDAE, CENTROPHRYNIDAE, CERATIIDAE, GIGANTACTINIDAE and LINOPHRYNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 21 July 2024.