Paraliparis vaillanti

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Paraliparis vaillanti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. vaillanti
Binomial name
Paraliparis vaillanti
Chernova, 2004

Paraliparis vaillanti is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean primarily in the Laurentia Channel, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Léon Vaillant (1834-1914), of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. [3]

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References

  1. Chernova, N.V., 2004. A new species of snailfishes (Liparidae) Paraliparis vaillanti sp. nova from the Northwestern Atlantic, with the redescription of a rare species Paraliparis edwardsi Vaillant. J. Ichthyol. 44(2):135-139.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis vaillanti" 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.