Physiculus grinnelli
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| taxon = Physiculus grinnelli
| authority = D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922
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Physiculus grinnelli is a bathydemersal fish found in the eastern-central Pacific Ocean.Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 10. Gadiform fishes of the world (Order Gadiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cods, hakes, grenadiers and other gadiform fishes known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(10). Rome: FAO. 442 p.
Size
This species reaches a length of {{convert|27.3|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Physiculus |species= grinnelli| month = February | year = 2015}}
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of lepidopterist Fordyce Grinnell Jr. (1882–1943), who as a former student of David Starr Jordan, visited the Honolulu fish markets daily looking for specimens.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/gadiformes1/ | title = Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE | access-date= 21 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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Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Eric Knight Jordan
Category:Fish described in 1922
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