Paraliparis kocki

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Paraliparis kocki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. kocki
Binomial name
Paraliparis kocki
Chernova, 1989

Paraliparis kocki is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 27.7 cm (10.9 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Karl-Hermann Kock, because of his contribution to the study of the Antarctic fishes. [3]

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References

  1. Chernova, N.V., 2006. New and rare snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with the description of four new species from the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical East Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 46:1-14
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis kocki" 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.