Neocaristius heemstrai
Neocaristius heemstrai is a species of fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is native to the oceans of the southern hemisphere where it is known to occur at depths of from 420 to 1,360 metres (1,380 to 4,460 ft). This species grows to a length of 11.8 centimetres (4.6 in) SL.[1]
| Neocaristius heemstrai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Caristiidae |
| Genus: | Neocaristius D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011 |
| Species: | N. heemstrai |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocaristius heemstrai (Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracaristius heemstrai Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006 | |
This fish was first described in 2006 and was moved to a monotypic genus of its own, Neocaristius, in 2011.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neocaristius heemstrai" in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011). Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011(3) 385-99.
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