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Acentrophryne
''Acentrophryne'' is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family (biology), family Linophrynidae, the leftvents, known from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Fossils of the type species, ''A. longidens'', have been found in Late Miocene-aged Puente Formation of Rosedale, California. Taxonomy ''Acentrophryne'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1926 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan when he Species description, described ''Acentrophryne longidens'' as a new species. ''A. longidens'' was described by Regan from a holotype collected at 7°30'N, 79°19'W in the Gulf of Panama from a depth of around by the Danish research vessel ''Dana (1921), Dana''. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this genus within the family Linophrynidae, which it places within the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfishes, within the order Anglerfish, Lophiiformes, the anglerfishes. Etymology ''Acentrophryne'' prefixes ''a'', meaning "without", to ''kentron'', mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acentrophryne Longidens
''Acentrophryne longidens'' is a species of Marine life, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family leftvent, Linophryidae, the leftvents, a family of Ceratioidei, deep sea anglerfishes. This species is only known from the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica and Panama. Taxonomy ''Acentrophryne longidens'' was first formally Species description, described in 1926 by the English ichthyologist Charles Tate Regan with its Type locality (biology), type locality given as 7°30'N, 79°19'W in the Gulf of Panama from a depth of around , the holotype being collected by the Danish research vessel ''Dana (1921), Dana''. When Regan described this species he proposed that it be placed in the new monospecific genus ''Acentrophryne'', making it the type species of that genus by monotypy. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this genus in the family Linophrynidae, within the suborder Ceratioidei, the deep sea anglerfishes, of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
