Polyipnus paxtoni
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| Polyipnus paxtoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Stomiiformes |
| Family: | Sternoptychidae |
| Genus: | Polyipnus |
| Species: | P. paxtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyipnus paxtoni Harold, 1989
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Polyipnus paxtoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Polyipnus found in the Western Central Pacific between depths of 0 and 300 meters.[1]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The fish is named in honor of American-born Australian ichthyologist John R. Paxton of the Australian Museum in Sydney, because of his contributions to the study of oceanic fishes, and for providing the collections of this particular species.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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