Ematops

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Maunde, C.|author2= Holleman, W.|author3= Fennessy, S. |author4= Russell, B. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2020 |title= ''Ematops randalli''|article-number= e.T135442422A137454506 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T135442422A137454506.en |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> | parent_authority = Schwarzhans & J. G. Nielsen, 2011 | taxon = Ematops randalli | display_parents = 3 | authority = (Cohen & Wourms, 1976) | synonyms = ''Microbrotula randalli'' <small>Cohen & Wourms, 1976</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|spid=12600|title=Ematops randalli|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> }}

'''''Ematops randalli''''' is a species of viviparous brotula found in the Pacific Ocean around Samoa and Vanuatu where it inhabits reef environments. This species grows to a length of {{convert|4.2|cm|in}} SL.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase species |genus= Ematops|species= randalli| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> The specific name honours the American ichthyologist John E. Randall of the Bishop Museum who assisted in the collection of the type.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | date = 17 September 2023 | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | title =Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families BYTHITIDAE, DINEMATICHTHYIDAE and PARABROTULIDAE | access-date = 19 March 2024 | url = http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes2/ |publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara |version=v. 14.0}}</ref>

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Category:Bythitidae Category:Taxa named by Daniel Morris Cohen Category:Taxa named by John Peter Barton Wourms Category:Fish described in 1976 Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera Category:Monotypic marine fish genera