Ophidion zavalai explained

Ophidion zavalai is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family. It was discovered through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) on the coast of, where its type locality is given.[1] [2] It occurs on soft bottoms off the eastern to southeastern coast of Brazil.[1]

Ophidion zavalai is an elongate fish with moderately compressed body and tapering tail. It can grow to 30cm (10inches) standard length.[1]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Peruvian-born Brazilian ichthyologist Luis Alberto Zavala-Camin (1938-2023), a researcher at the Instituto de Pesca, in São Paulo, Brazil, and a professor at the Universidade Santa Cecília in Santos, Brazil, for his contribution to the knowledge of marine fishes in Brazil.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Rotundo . Matheus Marcos . Caires . Rodrigo Antunes . Oliveira . Claudio . Kuranaka . Mariana . Figueiredo-Filho . Jessé Miranda De . Marceniuk . Alexandre Pires . 2023-07-19 . Taxonomic revision of the Ophidion holbrookii Putnam, 1874 (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae) species complex, with description of a new species from Brazil . Zootaxa . en . 5318 . 2 . 237–252 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.4 . 37518388 .
  2. Web site: Ophidion zavalai Rotundo & Caires & Oliveira & Kuranaka & Figueiredo-Filho & Marceniuk 2023, new species . 2023-09-19 . Plazi TreatmentBank . en.
  3. Web site: Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE . 22 November 2024 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.

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