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Bero elegans

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Bero elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Bero
D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bero elegans
Synonyms[2]

Centridermichthys elegans Steindachner, 1881

Bero elegans is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. It is the only known member of the genus Bero.

Taxonomy

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Bero elegans was first formally described in 1881 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as Strietok, near Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan.[3] Steindachner classified the new species in the monospecific genus Bero.[4] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Bero within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[5] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[3]

Etymology

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Bero is a local name for this fish at Aomori in Japan. The specific name elegans mean "elegant" or "refined", an allusion Steindachner did not explain but may be a reference to the coloration and pattern of this fish.[6]

Distribution

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Bero elegans is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean around northern Japan, Sakhalin and Peter the Great Bay.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Steindachner, F. (1881) Ichthyologische Beiträge (X). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, volume 83, pages 179-219
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bero elegans". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bero". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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