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Lestidium rofeni

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Species of fish

Lestidium rofeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Paralepididae
Genus: Lestidium
Species: L. rofeni
Binomial name
Lestidium rofeni
H. C. Ho, Graham & Russell, 2020

Lestidium rofeni is a species of fish. It is found in Taiwan and the Philippines.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Robert R. Rofen, a former research director of the George Vanderbilt Foundation at Stanford University.

References

  1. Ho, Hsuan-Ching; Graham, Ken; Russell, Barry (2020-04-23). "Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific". Zootaxa. 4767 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Lestidium rofeni


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