Ophidion zavalai
| Ophidion zavalai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Ophidion |
| Species: | O. zavalai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophidion zavalai | |
Ophidion zavalai is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family.[1][2] It was discovered through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) on the coast of Laje da Conceição Island, where its type locality is given.[3][4] It occurs on soft bottoms off the eastern to southeastern coast of Brazil.[3]
Ophidion zavalai is an elongate fish with moderately compressed body and tapering tail. It can grow to 30 cm (12 in) standard length.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Peruvian-born Brazilian ichthyologist Luis Alberto Zavala-Camin (1938-2023), a researcher at the Instituto de Pesca, in São Paulo, Brazil, and a professor at the Universidade Santa Cecília in Santos, Brazil, for his contribution to the knowledge of marine fishes in Brazil.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Ophidion zavalai". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo, Caires, Oliveira, Kuranaka, Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk, 2023". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Rotundo, Matheus Marcos; Caires, Rodrigo Antunes; Oliveira, Claudio; Kuranaka, Mariana; Figueiredo-Filho, Jessé Miranda De; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires (2023-07-19). "Taxonomic revision of the Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) species complex, with description of a new species from Brazil". Zootaxa. 5318 (2): 237–252. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.4. PMID 37518388.
- ^ "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023, new species". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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- Ophidion (fish)
- Endemic fish of Brazil
- Fish of the Western Atlantic
- Taxa named by Matheus Marcos Rotundo
- Taxa named by Rodrigo Atunes Caires
- Taxa named by Claudio Oliveira (scientist)
- Taxa named by Mariana Kuranaka
- Taxa named by Jessé Miranda de Figueiredo-Filho
- Taxa named by Alexandre Pires Marceniuk
- Fish described in 2023
- Ophidiidae stubs