Physiculus karrerae

{{Speciesbox

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Roa-Varón, A., Ross, S. & Iwamoto, T. |date=2019 |title=Physiculus karrerae |volume=2019 |page=e.T60482607A136951020 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60482607A136951020.en |access-date=3 January 2024}}

| taxon = Physiculus karrerae

| authority = Paulin, 1989

}}

Physiculus karrerae, the Japanese codling, is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the Atlantic Ocean.Trunov, I.A., 1991. Fishes of the family Moridae from the southeastern Atlantic Ocean (genera Mora Risso and Physiculus Kaup). J. Ichthyol. 31(6):110-116.

Description

This species reaches a length of {{convert|27.4|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Physiculus |species= karrerae| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Christine Karrer, because of her contributions to the knowledge of morid fishes.{{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}}

References

karrerae

Category:Taxa named by Christopher David Paulin

Category:Fish described in 1989