Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi
| Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Lamprogrammus |
| Species: | L. shcherbachevi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi | |
Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi, the scaleline cusk, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Ophidiidae.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Attaining a maximum length of 193 cm (76 in) in males, this species is the largest among the cusk-eels.[4] This species is characterized by its elongate body, distinctive series of spines on the preopercle and opercle,[4] and lack of anterior dorsal fin spines.[5]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Yuri Nikolayevich Shcherbachev of the Institute of Oceanology, in the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, who was a colleague, a shipmate and the “master of deepsea ichthyology”.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Knudsen, S. (2015). "Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T60471916A60799353. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T60471916A60799353.en. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- ↑ "Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi Cohen & Rohr, 1993". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi". FishBase. March 2023 version.
- 1 2 Cohen, Daniel M.; Rohr, Bennie A. (May 1993). "Description of a Giant Circumglobal Lamprogrammus Species (Pisces: Ophidiidae)". Copeia. 1993 (2): 470–475. doi:10.2307/1447147. JSTOR 1447147.
- ↑ Fukui, Atsushi; Kuroda, Hiroyuki (24 February 2007). "Larvae of Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) from the western North Pacific Ocean". Ichthyological Research. 54 (1). Springer Science+Business Media: 74–80. doi:10.1007/s10228-006-0381-z. S2CID 37076261.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 June 2026). "Family OPHIDIIDAE Rafinesque 1810 (Cusk-eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
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