# Ematops

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{{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](/source/Werner_Schwarzhans) & [J. G. Nielsen](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_G._Nielsen), 2011
| taxon = Ematops randalli
| display_parents = 3
| authority = ([Cohen](/source/Daniel_Morris_Cohen) & [Wourms](/source/John_Peter_Barton_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](/source/viviparous_brotula) found in the [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean) around [Samoa](/source/Samoa) and [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu) where it inhabits [reef](/source/reef) environments.  This species grows to a length of {{convert|4.2|cm|in}} [SL](/source/fish_measurement).<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase species |genus= Ematops|species= randalli| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref> The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) honours the [American](/source/United_States) [ichthyologist](/source/ichthyologist) [John E. Randall](/source/John_Ernest_Randall) of the [Bishop Museum](/source/Bishop_Museum) who assisted in the collection of the [type](/source/Type_(biology)).<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

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