Bathypterois dubius
| Bathypterois dubius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Ipnopidae |
| Genus: | Bathypterois |
| Species: | B. dubius
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathypterois dubius Vaillant, 1888
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Bathypterois dubius, the Mediterranean spiderfish, a lizardfish of the family Ipnopidae, is found in the Eastern Atlantic, as well as the Mediterranean and northwest Atlantic.
The name "snoutlet crotchfeeler" was coined by D. E. McAllister in his 1990 book A List of the Fishes of Canada, being one of many common names he conceived in the book (French: cran-tactile à muselet).[1] These common names were subsequently used in the Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes by Brian W. Coad.[2] In a review of Coad's book, Erling Holm remarked that many of the names coined by Mcallister differed significantly from the standard set by Robins et. al., deemed widely accepted, and promoted by the Committee on Names of Fishes.[3][4] For the names of deep-sea fish, which are unlikely to have day-to-day use, Holm deemed the names "unnecessarily complex, easily misspelled, or downright silly"; specifically for "snoutlet crotchfeeler", he thought the name "violates the tenets of good taste".[3]
Like other species in its family, the Mediterranean spiderfish is hermaphroditic. It is solitary in nature and feeds on mysids and copepods. It reaches a length of 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in) SL.
References
- ^ McAllister, D. E. (1990). A list of the fishes of Canada. Ottawa: National Museum of Natural Sciences. ISBN 0660130556. OL 1956338M. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Coad, Brian W. (1995). Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature & Canadian Sportsfishing Production Inc.
- ^ a b Erling, Holm (1998). "Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes". The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 112 (1): 174–175. doi:10.5962/p.358375. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Page, Lawrence M.; Bemis, Katherine E.; Dowling, Thomas E.; Espinosa-Pérez, Héctor S.; Findley, Lloyd T.; Gilbert, Carter R.; Hartel, Karsten E.; Lea, Robert N.; Mandrak, Nicholas E.; Neighbors, Margaret A.; Schmitter-Soto, Juan J.; Walker, H. J., eds. (September 27, 2023). Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico (8th ed.). American Fisheries Society. doi:10.47886/9781934874691. ISBN 978-1-934874-69-1. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathypterois dubius". FishBase. March 2014 version.