Paraliparis mexicanus

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Paraliparis mexicanus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. mexicanus
Binomial name
Paraliparis mexicanus
Chernova, 2006

Paraliparis mexicanus is a species of snailfish found along the Mexican coast of the eastern-central Pacific Ocean. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in). [2]

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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". Journal of Ichthyology . 46 (Supplement 1): 1–14. doi:10.1134/s0032945206100018. hdl: 1834/17070 . S2CID   10286241.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis mexicanus" in FishBase . February 2015 version.