Tarletonbeania taylori

Tarletonbeania taylori, also known as the North Pacific lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish.[1][2][3] It is found in the North Pacific.[1][2] It grows to 7 cm (2.8 in) standard length.[2]

Tarletonbeania taylori
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Myctophiformes
Family: Myctophidae
Genus: Tarletonbeania
Species:
T. taylori
Binomial name
Tarletonbeania taylori
Mead, 1953

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of oceanographer Frederick Henry Carlyle Taylor (b. 1919), of the Pacific Biological Station in Namaimo, British Columbia, Canada.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Williams, A. (2019). "Tarletonbeania taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T130353324A130414460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T130353324A130414460.en. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2021). "Tarletonbeania taylori" in FishBase. February 2021 version.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tarletonbeania taylori Mead, 1953". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order MYCTOPHIFORMES (Lanternfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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