Scombrops gilberti

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Scombrops gilberti
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Scombropidae
Genus: Scombrops
Species:
S. gilberti
Binomial name
Scombrops gilberti
(Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Synonyms[1]

Telescopias gilberti Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Scombrops gilberti, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a gnomefish from the family Scombropidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded off Hokkaido South to Suruga Bay. It grows To a maximum total length of 120 centimetres (47 in).[1] this species was first formally described as Telescopias gilberti in 1901 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) and John Otterbein Snyder (1867-1943) with the type locality given as the sea between Misaki, Chiba and Oshima Island in Japan.[2] The specific name honours the American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert (1859-1928).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scombrops gilberti" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Telescopias gilberti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jordan, D. S. & J. O. Snyder (1901). "A review of the cardinal fishes of Japan". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23 (1240): 891–913.
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