Oneirodes pietschi

Taxonavigation: Ceratioidea 

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: Lophiiformes
Subordo: Ogcocephalioidei
Superfamilia: Ceratioidea

Familia: Oneirodidae
Genus: Oneirodes
Species: Oneirodes pietschi

Name

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Oneirodes pietschi H.-C. Ho & K.-T. Shao, 2004

  • Holotype: ASIZP 061822 (100 mm SL).
  • Paratypes: BSKU 20236 (1, 70 mm SL); HUMZ 130128 (1, 117 mm SL).

Type locality: off southwest coast of Taiwan, South China Sea, 21 22.18'N, 118 11.02'E, beam trawl, 1631–1635 m depth, 28 August 2002.

Etymology: named in honor of Professor Theodore W. Pietsch of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.

Vernacular names

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English: Pietsch's Dreamer

References

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  • Ho, H.-C. and K.-T. Shao. 2004. New species of deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish, Oneirodes pietschi (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae), from the north Pacific Ocean. Copeia 2004 (no. 1): 74-77.