Physiculus yoshidae
| Physiculus yoshidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Physiculus |
| Species: | P. yoshidae
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| Binomial name | |
| Physiculus yoshidae Okamura, 1982
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Physiculus yoshidae is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the north-western Pacific Ocean near the Kyushu-Palau Ridge.[1]
Description[edit]
This species reaches a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in).[2]
Etymology[edit]
The fish is named in honor of Miss Kiyoko Yoshida, who helped Okamura prepare the book in which this species was described.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus yoshidae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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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