Eschmeyer nexus

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Eschmeyer nexus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Scorpaenoidei
Family: Eschmeyeridae
Mandritsa[3]
Genus: Eschmeyer
V. G. Springer, 1983[2]
Species:
E. nexus
Binomial name
Eschmeyer nexus
Poss & V. G. Springer, 1983[1]

Easchmeyer nexus is a

ray-finned fish; it is the only species in the monotypic genus Eschmeyer and monogeneric family Eschmeyeridae. This fish is only known from the Pacific Ocean, near Fiji
.

Taxonomy

Eschmeyer nexus was first formally

suborder Scorpaenoidei which in turn is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.[4] Other authorities place the Scorpaenoidei within the Perciformes.[5] A recent study placed the genus Eschmeyer into an expanded stonefish clade, the Synanceiidae, because all of these fish have a lachrymal sabre that can project a switch-blade-like mechanism out from underneath their eye.[6][7] The name of both the genus and family honours William N. Eschmeyer, an American ichthyologist at the California Academy of Sciences, or his work on the Scorpaenid fishes. The specific name nexus, is derived from nectere, Latin for 'tie' or 'connect', a reference to the suite of features suggesting this taxon has a close relationship with a number of groups within the Scorpaenoidei. Mandritsa suggested the English common name of cofish in recognition of Eschmeyer’s participation in the Catalog of Fishes.[8]

Description

Eschmeyer nexus has eight spines and thirteen soft rays in the

standard length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).[9]

Distribution and habitat

Eschmeyer nexus is found in the western central Pacific Ocean where it has only been recorded from Fiji. It is a demersal fish.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eschmeyer". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Eschmeyerinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. ^
    PMID 25543675
    .
  4. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original
    on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  5. PMID 28683774
    .
  6. doi:10.1643/CG-17-669
    .
  7. ^ Willingham, AJ (April 13, 2018). "Stonefish are already scary, and now scientists have found they have switchblades in their heads". CNN.
  8. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (10 March 2022). "Order Perciformes (Part 10): Suborder Scorpaenoidei: Families Apistidae, Tetrarogidae, Synanceiidae, Aploacrinidae, Perryenidae, Eschmeyeridae, Pataecidae, Gnathanacanthidae, Congiopodidae and Zanclorhynchidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Eschmeyer nexus" in FishBase. February 2022 version.
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