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Ophidion zavalai
Species of cusk-eel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ophidion zavalai is a species of cusk-eel from the Ophidiidae family.[1][2] It was discovered through taxonomic revisions of the band cusk-eel (Ophidion holbrookii) on the coast of Laje da Conceição Island, where its type locality is given.[3][4] It occurs on soft bottoms off the eastern to southeastern coast of Brazil.[3]
Ophidion zavalai is an elongate fish with moderately compressed body and tapering tail. It can grow to 30 cm (12 in) standard length.[3]
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Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Peruvian-born Brazilian ichthyologist Luis Alberto Zavala-Camin (1938-2023), a researcher at the Instituto de Pesca, in São Paulo, Brazil, and a professor at the Universidade Santa Cecília in Santos, Brazil, for his contribution to the knowledge of marine fishes in Brazil.[5]
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