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Ophidion zavalai

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Species of cusk-eel

Ophidion zavalai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Ophidiidae
Genus: Ophidion
Species: O. zavalai
Binomial name
Ophidion zavalai
Rotundo, Caires, Oliveira, Kuranaka, Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk, 2023

Ophidion zavalai is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family. It was discovered through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) on the coast of Laje da Conceição Island [ceb], where its type locality is given. It occurs on soft bottoms off the eastern to southeastern coast of Brazil.

Ophidion zavalai is an elongate fish with moderately compressed body and tapering tail. It can grow to 30 cm (12 in) standard length.

Etymology

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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo, Caires, Oliveira, Kuranaka, Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk, 2023". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. "Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023, new species". Plazi TreatmentBank. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  5. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Ophidion zavalai


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