Photonectes klepadloae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gonostomatoidei

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 Superordo: Stenopterygii Ordo: Stomiiformes Subordo: Gonostomatoidei

Familia: Stomiidae
Subfamilia: Melanostomiinae
Genus: Photonectes
Species: Photonectes klepadloae

Name

Photonectes klepadloae Prokofiev & Frable, 2021

• Holotype: USNM 258739.

Type locality: central north Pacific Ocean, Hawaiian Islands, off Oahu, 21°20′00″N, 158°20′00″W, 660–805 m, Teuthis Cruise V, sta. 30, 10 ft opening-closing trawl.

Etymology: Named in honor of Cynthia Klepadlo (1945–2020), former collection manager of the Marine Vertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA. She was an expert in midwater fishes, specializing in myctophids and stomiiforms with a particular interest in the genus Photonectes. She contributed to the descriptions of seven species of Photonectes—25% of the known species.

References

• Prokofiev, A. M. & Frable, B. W.; 2021: A new species of Photonectes from the Pacific Ocean off Oahu, Hawaii with a revised identification key for the genus (Teleostei: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae). Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109 (3): 720–727. DOI: 10.1643/i2020148