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

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

English: Pietsch's Dreamer

References

• 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.