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Narcetes kamoharai

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Species of fish

Narcetes kamoharai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepocephaliformes
Family: Alepocephalidae
Genus: Narcetes
Species: N. kamoharai
Binomial name
Narcetes kamoharai
Okamura, 1984

Narcetes kamoharai is a species of fish in the family Alepocephalidae (slickheads). The fish is found in the Western Pacific with Japan and the Philippines in its range. This species reaches a length of 34 cm (13 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Toshiji Kamohara (1901–1972), an ichthyologist at Kochi University.


References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Narcetes kamoharai". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ALEPOCEPHALIFORMES (Slickheads)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Narcetes kamoharai


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