| Needletooth cusk | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Subfamily: | Neobythitinae |
| Genus: | Epetriodus |
| Species: | E. freddyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epetriodus freddyi Cohen & J. G. Nielsen, 1978 | |
The needletooth cusk (Epetriodus freddyi) is a species of cusk-eel found in the Indian and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs at depths of 1,000 to 1,750 metres (3,280 to 5,740 ft). This species grows to a length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in) SL. It is the only known species of its genus The generic name is a compound of the Greek epetrion meaning "needle" and odous meaning "tooth", while the specific name honours the English ichthyologist Norman Bertram “Freddy” Marshall (1915-1996) who worked on deep sea fishes as the British Museum (Natural History).
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Epetriodus freddyi". FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order Ophidiiformes: Families Carapidae and Ophidiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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| Epetriodus freddyi | |
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