Abyssobrotula hadropercularis

Taxonavigation: Ophidiiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ophidiaria Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Ophidiidae
Subfamilia: Neobythitinae
Genus: Abyssobrotula
Species: Abyssobrotula hadropercularis

Name

Abyssobrotula hadropercularis Ohashi & Nielsen, 2016

• Holotype: NSMT-P 121429.
• Paratype: NSMT-P 121428.

Type locality: Kuril-Kamchatka Trench (46°55.53′N, 160°2.84′E – 46°54.14′N, 160°1.99′E), R/V Hakuho-maru, st. NBD-2, beam trawl, 5204–5205 m depth.

Etymology: The specific name hadropercularis derives from hadros (= bulky) and opercularis (= gill cover) in reference to the robust opercle.

References

• Ohashi, S. & Nielsen, J.G. 2016. A new species of Abyssobrotula (Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. Zootaxa 4132(4): 559–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.7. Reference page. 

Links

• Abyssobrotula hadropercularis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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