Tarletonbeania taylori | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Tarletonbeania |
Species: | T. taylori
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Binomial name | |
Tarletonbeania taylori
Mead, 1953
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Tarletonbeania taylori, also known as the North Pacific lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish. [1] [2] [3] It is found in the North Pacific. [1] [2] It grows to 7 cm (2.8 in) standard length. [2]
The fish is named in honor of oceanographer Frederick Henry Carlyle Taylor (b. 1919), of the Pacific Biological Station in Namaimo, British Columbia, Canada. [4]
Tarletonbeania taylori | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Myctophiformes |
Family: | Myctophidae |
Genus: | Tarletonbeania |
Species: | T. taylori
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Binomial name | |
Tarletonbeania taylori
Mead, 1953
|
Tarletonbeania taylori, also known as the North Pacific lanternfish, is a species of lanternfish. [1] [2] [3] It is found in the North Pacific. [1] [2] It grows to 7 cm (2.8 in) standard length. [2]
The fish is named in honor of oceanographer Frederick Henry Carlyle Taylor (b. 1919), of the Pacific Biological Station in Namaimo, British Columbia, Canada. [4]