Scombrops gilberti
| Scombrops gilberti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Scombropidae |
| Genus: | Scombrops |
| Species: | S. gilberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Scombrops gilberti | |
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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[edit]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Scombrops gilberti" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Telescopias gilberti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ 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.