Neoditrema ransonnetii

Neoditrema ransonnetii is a species of surfperch native to the Pacific coasts of Korea and Japan. This species grows to a length of 13 centimetres (5.1 in) FL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] The specific name honours the Austrian diplomat, painter, lithographer, biologist and explorer Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez (1838-1926), who obtained the type specimens in Japan.[2]

Neoditrema ransonnetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Ovalentaria
Family: Embiotocidae
Genus: Neoditrema
Species:
N. ransonnetii
Binomial name
Neoditrema ransonnetii

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Neoditrema ransonnetii" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (29 March 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 September 2018.


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