''Symbolophorus kreffti'' is a species of fish in the family
Myctophidae.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of
Gerhard Krefft
Gerhard Krefft (30 March 1912 - 20 March 1993) was a German ichthyologist and herpetologist.Stehmann & Hulley (1994).
Family
His father was a neurologist, who "was an enthusiastic collector of living reptiles and amphibians", and his mother was ...
(1912-1993) of the Institut für Seefischerei in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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, he being the first to recognize the specimens of ''Symbolophorus'' from near the
Cape Verde Islands
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might be specifically distinct from another species ''
Symbolophorus veranyi''.
References
Myctophidae
Taxa named by P. Alexander Hulley
Animals described in 1981
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