Korean sandlance
| Korean sandlance | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Gasterosteoidei |
| Family: | Hypoptychidae Steindachner, 1880 |
| Genus: | Hypoptychus Steindachner, 1880 |
| Species: | H. dybowskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoptychus dybowskii Steindachner, 1880 | |
The Korean sandlance (Hypoptychus dybowskii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is the only member of the monotypic family Hypoptychidae. It is classified in the suborder Gasterosteoidei. It is endemic in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Etymology
[change | change source]The Korean sandlance's genus name, Hypoptychus, is a combination of hypo, which means "under", and ptychos, meaning "fold", an allusion to the fin fold on the lower surface of the body.
Description
[change | change source]The Korean sandlance is an elongated fish shaped like a thin rugby ball. Its dorsal and anal fins are placed well back on the body towards the caudal fin. Around the eye is a broken ring. There's no pelvic girdle or pelvic fins.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2022). "Hypoptychidae" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Hypoptychus dybowskii" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
- ↑ Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Hypoptychus dybowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T65134839A115407175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T65134839A67625780.en. Retrieved 25 November 2022.