Symbolophorus evermanni

Symbolophorus evermanni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Myctophiformes
Family:	Myctophidae
Genus:	Symbolophorus
Species:	S. evermanni
Binomial name
Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905)

Symbolophorus evermanni is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. ^{[1] [2]} The specific name evermanni honors ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann. ^[4] It is also known as Evermann's lanternfish ^[1] or Evermann's lantern fish. ^[2]

Symbolophorus evermanni grows to 8 cm (3.1 in) standard length. ^{[1] [2]} Parasites of Symbolophorus evermanni include the copepod Peniculus hokutoae . ^[5]

Peniculus hokutoae attached to Symbolophorus evermanni.

References

1. Williams, A. (2019). "Symbolophorus evermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T130352497A130414445. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130352497A130414445.en . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Symbolophorus evermanni". FishBase . June 2021 version.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (5 December 2020). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
5. Ohtsuka, Susumu; Nishikawa, Jun & Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2018). "A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water". Parasite. 25: 58. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018057. PMC   6254144 . PMID   30474599.