Physiculus_kaupi

<i>Physiculus kaupi</i>

Physiculus kaupi

Species of fish

Physiculus kaupi is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 22.4 cm (8.8 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of naturalist Johann Jacob Kaup (1803–1873), who proposed the genus name Physiculus in 1858. [3]

References

  1. [1]
    Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus kaupi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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