Paraliparis dewitti

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Paraliparis dewitti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. dewitti
Binomial name
Paraliparis dewitti

Paraliparis dewitti, the brown ribbed snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 19.2 cm (7.6 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist-oceanographer Hugh H. DeWitt (1933-1995), of the University of Maine. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis dewitti". 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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