Physiculus sazonovi
| Physiculus sazonovi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Moridae |
| Genus: | Physiculus |
| Species: | P. sazonovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Physiculus sazonovi Paulin, 1991
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Physiculus sazonovi is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.[1]
Size[edit]
This species reaches a length of 10.9 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology[edit]
The fish is named in honor of Yuri I. Sazonov (1950–2002), the curator of ichthyology, at the Zoological Museum, at the Moscow State University, who established that this species is distinct from other Physiculus. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ Paulin, K.D., 1991. Two new species of the genus Physiculus (Moridae) from seamounts of the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 31(5):1–5.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Physiculus sazonovi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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