Bolinichthys indicus

Bolinichthys
Spurcheek Lanternfish (B. photothorax)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Bolinichthys
Paxton, 1972

Bolinichthys is a genus of lanternfishes.[1]

Etymology

The genus is named in honour of Rolf Ling Bolin (1901–1973), an ichthyologist and lanternfish specialist from the Hopkins Marine Station.[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Bolinichthys distofax R. K. Johnson, 1975
  • Bolinichthys indicus (B. G. Nafpaktitis & M. K. Nafpaktitis, 1969) (lanternfish)
  • Bolinichthys longipes (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (popeye lampfish)
  • Bolinichthys nikolayi Becker, 1978 (Nikolay's lanternfish)
  • Bolinichthys photothorax (A. E. Parr, 1928) (spurcheek lanternfish)
  • Bolinichthys pyrsobolus (Alcock, 1890) (fiery lanternfish)
  • Bolinichthys supralateralis (A. E. Parr, 1928) (stubby lanternfish)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Bolinichthys Paxton [J. R.] 1972". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Bolinichthys in FishBase. February 2019 version.