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Rosenblattichthys nemotoi Okiyama & Johnson 1986

Rosenblattichthys nemotoi

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Rosenblattichthys nemotoi is a species of fish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean[1] that belongs to Rosenblattichthys, a genus of pearleyes.

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.7 cm (1.5 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Takahisa Nemoto (1930–1990), of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, for his great contributions to the biology of the Antarctic, including his direction of the cruise during which the type specimen was collected.[3]

References

  1. ^ Okiyama, M. and R.K. Johnson, 1986. Rosenblattichthys nemotoi, a new species of Scopelarchidae, from the South Indian Ocean subtropical convergence zone. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 34(4):409–412.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Rosenblattichthys nemotoi" in 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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Rosenblattichthys nemotoi: Brief Summary

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Rosenblattichthys nemotoi is a species of fish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean that belongs to Rosenblattichthys, a genus of pearleyes.

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