Vladichthys gloverensis is a species of toadfish known only from the Atlantic Coast of Belize and Honduras, where it can be found on reefs. This species grows to a standard length of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).[1] The generic name of V. gloverensis honors the toadfish expert Vladimir "Vlad" Walters (1927-1987), while the specific name refers to its discovery on Glover's Reef in Belize.[2]
Vladichthys gloverensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Batrachoidiformes |
Family: | Batrachoididae |
Subfamily: | Batrachoidinae |
Genus: | Vladichthys D. W. Greenfield, 2006 |
Species: | V. gloverensis
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Binomial name | |
Vladichthys gloverensis (D. W. Greenfield & T. A. Greenfield, 1973)
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Vladichthys golverensis year-2018". FishBase.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (26 July 2017). "Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES (Toadfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 July 2018.