Symbolophorus kreffti

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Symbolophorus kreffti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Symbolophorus
Species:
S. kreffti
Binomial name
Symbolophorus kreffti
Hulley, 1981

Symbolophorus kreffti is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae. [1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Gerhard Krefft (1912-1993) of the Institut für Seefischerei in Hamburg, he being the first to recognize the specimens of Symbolophorus from near the Cape Verde Islands might be specifically distinct from another species Symbolophorus veranyi . [2]


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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Symbolophorus kreffti Hulley, 1981". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 March 2022.