Lapitaichthys frickei

Lapitaichthys frickei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Bythitidae
Tribe:Dinematichthyini
Genus:Lapitaichthys
Species: L. frickei
Binomial name
Lapitaichthys frickei
Schwarzhans & Møller, 2007

Lapitaichthys frickei is a species of viviparous brotula found on reefs around New Caledonia. This species grows to a length of 4.9 centimetres (1.9 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name refers to the ichthyologist Ronald Fricke of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart while the generic name is derived from a mishearing of the local word xaapeta which means "to dig a hole" and the Greek ichthys which means "fish".[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Lapitaichthys frickei" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2017). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 July 2018.


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