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| taxon = Himantolophus kalami<br />
| authority = [[Meleppura Rajeeshkumar|Rajeeshjumar]], [[Theodore Wells Pietsch III|Pietsch]] & [[Naryanane Saravanane|Saravanane]], 2022<br />
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'''''Himantolophus kalami''''' is a species of marine [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Himantolophidae]], the [[footballfish]]es. This species was [[Species description|described]] in 2022 by [[Melapurra Rajeeshkumar]], [[Theodore Wells Pietsch III]] and [[Naryanane Saravanane]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the east coast of the northern [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], India. This species is a member of the ''[[Himantolophus albinares]]'' [[species complex]], a classification partly based on the absence of anterior [[Esca (fish anatomy)|escal]] appendages. It differs from other species in this complex in having a unique [[Illicium (fish anatomy)|illicial]] and escal morphology having a simple lower central filament and a pair of filaments on each side of the base the esca.<ref name = RPS>{{cite journal |author=Melapurra Rajeeshkumar |author2=Theodore W. Pietsch |author2-link=Theodore Wells Pietsch III |author3=Naryanane Saravanane |year=2022 |title=A new species of deep-sea anglerfish, genus ''Himantolophus'' (Lophiiformes: Himantolophidae) from the Andaman Sea, India |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5178 |issue=6 |pages=589–594 |doi=10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5178.6.6|pmid=36095708 }}</ref> <br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honours [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], the 11th [[president of India]] from 2002 to 2007, who was also an Indian [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]], recognising his contributions and encouragement of India's space research and missile technology, as well as his encouragement of students in his speeches and books.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/lophiiformes1/ |title=Order LOPHIIFORMES (part 1): Families LOPHIIDAE, ANTENNARIIDAE, TETRABRACHIIDAE, LOPHICHTHYIDAE, BRACHIONICHTHYIDAE, CHAUNACIDAE and OGCOCEPHALIDAE |author=Christopher Scharpf |date=3 June 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* ''[[Horaglanis abdulkalami]]''<br />
* [[List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)]]<br />
* [[List of things named after A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Himantolophidae]]<br />
[[Category:Deep sea fish]]<br />
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[[Category:Fish of India]]</div>Victorxsi