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.
| Bero elegans | |
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Scientific 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 (Steindachner, 1881)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Centridermichthys elegans Steindachner, 1881 | |
Taxonomy
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
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
Bero elegans is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean around northern Japan, Sakhalin and Peter the Great Bay.[2]
References
External links
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bero elegans" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Data related to Bero elegans at Wikispecies
