Symbolophorus evermanni

Symbolophorus evermanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Symbolophorus
Species:
S. evermanni
Binomial name
Symbolophorus evermanni
(Gilbert, 1905)

Symbolophorus evermanni is a species of fish in the family Myctophidae.[1][2][3] It is widely distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1][2] The specific name evermanni honors ichthyologist Barton Warren Evermann.[4] It is also known as Evermann's lanternfish[1] or Evermann's lantern fish.[2]

Symbolophorus evermanni grows to 8 cm (3.1 in) standard length.[1][2] Parasites of Symbolophorus evermanni include the copepod Peniculus hokutoae.[5]

fish with a parasite hanging on its caudal fin
Peniculus hokutoae attached to Symbolophorus evermanni.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Williams, A. (2019). "Symbolophorus evermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130352497A130414445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130352497A130414445.en. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Symbolophorus evermanni". FishBase. June 2021 version.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Symbolophorus evermanni (Gilbert, 1905)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (5 December 2020). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  5. ^ Ohtsuka, Susumu; Nishikawa, Jun & Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2018). "A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water". Parasite. 25: 58. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018057. PMC 6254144. PMID 30474599. Open access icon


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