Volodichthys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cottales

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Cottoidei Infraordo: Cottales

Familia: Liparidae
Genus: Volodichthys
Species: V. catherinae – V. herwigi – V. parini – V. smirnovi – V. solovjevae

Name

Volodichthys Balushkin, 2012

Type species: Careproctus parini Andriashev & Prirodina, 1990

Etymology: The first part of the generic name is derived from Volodya (the diminutive for "Vladimir"). The genus is named after Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov (1939–2011), who was a great Russian ichthyologist, a colleague and friend of the author. The second part of the generic name is derived from a Latinised Greek word ichthys (= fish). Volodya was one of the best specialists in the ichthyofauna of the northern regions of the Pacific Ocean. There were also the families that he liked most of all — the snailfish, the eelpout, the sculpin, and the flatfish. He was acquainted with them on a world scale. Over his last years he worked on a review dedicated to the geographic distribution of Liparidae family in the World ocean. Unfortunately, he did not manage to finish his manuscript.

References

• Balushkin, A.V. 2012. Volodichthys gen. nov. New Species of the Primitive Snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the Southern Hemisphere. Description of New Species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 52(1): 5–14 / Journal of Ichthyology 52(1): 1–10. Reference page.