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Physiculus bertelseni

Physiculus bertelseni is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Indian Ocean.

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Jun 12, 2026
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Length
142 w
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Physiculus bertelseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Moridae
Genus: Physiculus
Species:
P. bertelseni
Binomial name
Physiculus bertelseni
Shcherbachev, 1993

Physiculus bertelseni is a species of bathydemersal fish found in the western Indian Ocean.12

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Danish ichthyologist Erik Bertelsen (1912–1993).3

References

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2003. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Physiculus bertelseni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GADIFORMES (part 1): Families BREGMACEROTIDAE, PHYCIDAE, GAIDROPSARIDAE, LOTIDAE, GADIDAE, RANICIPITIDAE, MERLUCCIIDAE, EUCLICHTHYIDAE, MURAENOLEPIDIDAE, MELANONIDAE, TRACHYRINCIDAE, MORIDAE, MACRURONIDAE, LYCONIDAE, BATHYGADIDAE and STEINDACHNERIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.