Paraliparis eastmani

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Paraliparis eastmani
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. eastmani
Binomial name
Paraliparis eastmani

Paraliparis eastmani, the thickskin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 18.3 cm (7.2 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Joseph T. Eastman (b. 1944),of Ohio University, for his “valuable” studies on the natural history, physiology, and origins of Antarctic fishes [3]


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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.) (2015). "Paraliparis eastmani" in 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.