Photonectes waitti

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 waitti

Name

Photonectes waitti Flynn & Klepadlo, 2012: 260

• Holotype: NMV A 30913-001.
• Paratype: AMS I.49494-010; NMV A 30908-001/-002 (2), A 30915-001 (1), A 30906-001/-002/-003/-004/-005 (5), A 30908-001/-002 (2), A 30907-001/-002/-003/-004 (4); SIO 11-300 (1), 11-303 (2); USNM 402774 (1), 300149 (1), 300199 (1), 300201 (1).

Type locality: 0°34.836' - 35.329'N, 176°56.432' - 49.956'W [1], 0—0.5 m depth.

Etymology: Named in recognition of Theodore (Ted) Waitt, the founder of the Waitt Family Foundation and the Waitt Institute. The Waitt Institute sponsored and directed the expedition of the R/V Seward Johnson to the equatorial western Pacific Ocean (Catalyst II expedition) during which this species was collected.

References

Primary references

• Flynn, A.J. & Klepadlo, C. 2012. Two new species of Photonectes (Teleostei: Stomiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, and a re-examination of P. achirus. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 69: 259–267. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Photonectes waitti in the World Register of Marine Species