Psednos delawarei

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Psednos delawarei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. delawarei
Binomial name
Psednos delawarei
Chernova & Stein, 2002

Psednos delawarei is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean. [1]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named for the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ship Delaware II , from which the holotype specimen was collected. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Chernova, N.V. and D.L. Stein, 2002. Ten new species of Psednos (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Copeia 2002(3):755-778.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos delawarei". 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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