''Physiculus parini'' is a species of
bathydemersal fish found in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean.
Description
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist
Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin
Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (21 November 1932 – 18 April 2012) was a Soviet and Russian ichthyologist, specializing in oceanic pelagic fish. He headed the Laboratory of Oceanic Ichthyofauna at the RAS Institute of Oceanology in Moscow, where he ...
(1932–2012), of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...
, because of his contributions to the study of marine fishes of southeastern Pacific Ocean.
References
parini
Taxa named by Christopher David Paulin
Fish described in 1991
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