Holcomycteronus profundissimus
| Holcomycteronus profundissimus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Ophidiidae |
| Genus: | Holcomycteronus |
| Species: | H. profundissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Holcomycteronus profundissimus (Roule, 1913) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Grimaldichthys profundissimus | |
Holcomycteronus profundissimus is a species of deep-sea fish in the cusk-eel family.
History
The first specimen was found in Atlantic waters in August 1901 at a depth of 6,035 m (19,800 ft) in the abyssal zone SW of the Cape Verde Islands. It was caught by Princess Alice of Monaco, wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, using a fish trap during one of her husband's oceanographic expeditions. The genus to which this species belongs was initially named Grimaldichthys after the ruling family of Monaco.[1]
Other specimens of this fish were recorded later in the Pacific and Indian oceans and for many decades it was thought to be the fish living at the greatest depth in the world until the species Abyssobrotula galatheae was described in 1977.[2]
References
- ↑ Plongée dans le Musée océanographique de Monaco
- ↑ Keith Rodney Benson, Philip F. Rehbock eds. Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond, p. 243
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Holcomycteronus profundissimus" in FishBase. August 2017 version.
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