Bathylutichthys taranetzi
| Bathylutichthys taranetzi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Bathylutichthys |
| Species: | B. taranetzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathylutichthys taranetzi Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990
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Bathylutichthys taranetzi is a fish in the genus Bathylutichthys. It is a deep-sea fish with a standard length of about 10 cm (3.9 in), and has been found exclusively in the vicinity of the South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean at depths of 1,650 m (5,410 ft).[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the Soviet ichthyologist Anatoly Yakovlevich Taranetz (1910-1941).[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bathylutichthys taranetzi". FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 21): Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Families PSYCHROLUTIDAE and CYCLOPTERIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 May 2025.