Lestidium longilucifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alepisauroidei

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 Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Alepisauroidei

Familia: Paralepididae
Tribe: Lestidiini
Genus: Lestidium
Species: Lestidium longilucifer

Name

Lestidium longilucifer Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020

⧼Etymology:⧽ The specific name "longilucifer" is derived from the combination of Latin longus and lucifer, referring to the long luminescent duct that extends well forward of the eye.

References

• Ho, H-C., Graham, K. & Russell, B. 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4767(1): 71–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3 pdf Reference page.