Channichthys richardsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Notothenioidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Notothenioidei

Familia: Channichthyidae
Genus: Channichthys
Species: Channichthys richardsoni

Name

Holotype: NMNH 5116 (adult female, 355 mm TL, 316 mm SL). Paratypes: NMNH 5116a, b, (6 specs: 3 males and 3 females).

Type locality: Kerguelen Islands, 48°22.5'S, 70°44'E, depth 126 m.

Etymology: The specific name is given in honour of the Scottish naturalist John Richardson, who described the first species of icefishes C. rhinoceratus and established the genus Channichthys.

References

  • Shandikov, G. A.; 2012: Channichthys richardsoni sp. n., a new Antarctic icefish (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae) from the Kerguelen Islands area, Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series: Biology, [2011] 14 (971): 125–134.
русский: Белокровка Ричардсона
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