Narcetes wonderi is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). It is found in the waters of Japan.[1]
Narcetes wonderi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Family: | Alepocephalidae |
Genus: | Narcetes |
Species: | N. wonderi
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Binomial name | |
Narcetes wonderi Herre, 1935
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of taxidermist Frank C. Wonder (1904-1963) of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Narcetes wonderi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866.