Physiculus cirm is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Physiculus cirm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Physiculus
Species:
P. cirm
Binomial name
Physiculus cirm
Carvalho-Filho & Pires, 2019

Etymology

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The fish is named for CIRM, Comissão Interministerial para os Recursos do Mar.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Pires, A.M.A.; Carvalho-Filho, A.; Ferriera, R.C.; Viana, D.; Nunes, D.; Hazin, F.H.V. (2019). "Review of the Brazilian species of Physiculus (Gadiformes: Moridae), with description of a new species from Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, equatorial Atlantic". Zootaxa. 4671 (1): 67–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.
  2. ^ 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 23 March 2023.