Aetheliparis taurocanis

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Aetheliparis taurocanis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Aetheliparis
Species:
A. taurocanis
Binomial name
Aetheliparis taurocanis
Stein, 2001

Aetheliparis taurocanis is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Daniel M. Cohen (1930-2017), of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, for his contributions to the knowledge of world fishes. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Stein, D.L., 2012. A review of the snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, including descriptions of a new genus and sixteen new species. Zootaxa 3588:1-54.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aetheliparis taurocanis". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 March 2023.


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