Dolichopteryx parini

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Dolichopteryx parini, the winged spookfish, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|21.7|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Dolichopteryx |species= parini| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin (1932-2012), of the Russian Academy of Sciences.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/aulopiformes/ | title = Order AULOPIFORMES (Lizardfishes) | access-date= 15 March 2023 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

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