Oneirodes sanjeevani
| Oneirodes sanjeevani | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Lophiiformes |
| Family: | Oneirodidae |
| Genus: | Oneirodes |
| Species: | O. sanjeevani
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| Binomial name | |
| Oneirodes sanjeevani Rajeeshkumar, 2017
| |
Oneirodes sanjeevani is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Oneirodidae, the dreamers, a family of deep sea anglerfishes[2] known by a single specimen which was described in March 2017. The holotype was recovered by midwater trawling in the Indian Ocean west of the Maldives at 00.87°S, 67.59°E from a depth between 380 and 600 meters.[3] The holotype, a female,[2] has a standard length of 6.9 cm (2.7 in), with 5 soft rays in its dorsal fin and 4 in its anal fin.[4] It is named in honor of Dr. V. N. Sanjeevan, who was the Director of the Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology in Kochi, Kerala, southern India.[5]
References
- ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Robertson, R.; Matson, C. & Rivera Higueras, M. (2019). "Oneirodes sanjeevani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T140349483A140859123. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T140349483A140859123.en. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ a b Rajeeshkumar, M. P.; Meera, K. M.; Hashim, M. (March 2017). "A New Species of the Deep-Sea Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Oneirodes (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Western Indian Ocean". Copeia. 105 (1): 82–84. doi:10.1643/CI-16-467. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 90551773.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oneirodes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oneirodes sanjeevani". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (3 June 2024). "Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 2): Families CAULOPHRYNIDAE, NEOCERATIIDAE, MELANOCETIDAE, HIMANTOLOPHIDAE, DICERATIIDAE, ONEIRODIDAE, THAUMATICHTHYIDAE, CENTROPHRYNIDAE, CERATIIDAE, GIGANTACTINIDAE and LINOPHRYNIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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