''Oneirodes sanjeevani'' is a species of
ceratioid anglerfish
known by a single specimen which was described in March 2017. The
holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...
was recovered by
midwater trawling in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
at a depth between 380 and 600 meters. It is named in honor of Dr. V. N. Sanjeevan.
References
Ceratiidae
Deep sea fish
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