Channichthys richardsoni

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Notothenioidei
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: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Notothenioidei

Familia: Channichthyidae
Genus: Channichthys
Species: Channichthys richardsoni

Name edit

Channichthys richardsoni Shandikov, 2012

Holotype: NMNH 5116 (adult female, 355 mm TL, 316 mm SL). Paratypes: NMNH 5116a, b, (6 specs: 3 males and 3 females).

Type locality: Kerguelen Islands, 48°22.5'S, 70°44'E, depth 126 m.[1]

Etymology: The specific name is given in honour of the Scottish naturalist John Richardson, who described the first species of icefishes C. rhinoceratus and established the genus Channichthys.

References edit

Shandikov, G.A. 2012. Channichthys richardsoni sp. n., a new Antarctic icefish (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae) from the Kerguelen Islands area, Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series: Biology [2011] 14(971): 125–134.

русский: Белокровка Ричардсона

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