Channichthys richardsoni

Channichthys richardsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Notothenioidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Notothenioidei

Familia: Channichthyidae
Genus: Channichthys
Species: Channichthys richardsoni

Name

Channichthys richardsoni Shandikov, 2012

Holotype: NMNH 5116 (adult female, 355 mm TL, 316 mm SL). Paratypes: NMNH 5116a, b, (6 specs: 3 males and 3 females).

Type locality: Kerguelen Islands, 48°22.5'S, 70°44'E, depth 126 m.[1]

Etymology: The specific name is given in honour of the Scottish naturalist John Richardson, who described the first species of icefishes C. rhinoceratus and established the genus Channichthys.

References

• Shandikov, G.A. 2012. Channichthys richardsoni sp. n., a new Antarctic icefish (Perciformes: Notothenioidei: Channichthyidae) from the Kerguelen Islands area, Indian sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Series: Biology [2011] 14(971): 125–134.

русский: Белокровка Ричардсона

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