''Dolichopteryx parini'', the winged spookfish, is a species of fish found in the 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 ...

References

Opisthoproctidae Fish of the Pacific Ocean Taxa named by Stanislav Genrikhovich Kobyliansky Taxa named by Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov Fish described in 2001 {{Argentiniformes-stub