Psednos groenlandicus

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Psednos groenlandicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. groenlandicus
Binomial name
Psednos groenlandicus
Chernova, 2001

Psednos groenlandicus, also known as the Greenland dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean. [1]

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Description

This species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in). [2] Their lips are thin and the lower jaw is slightly projecting. Their gill slits are nearly vertical. [3]

Members of the genus Psednos have a strongly humped-back with its upper profile rising abruptly from the short snout. The snout is slanted and blunt. Their pectoral fins are notched with short intermedial notched rays that are clearly bidobed. Its appearance is overall most similar to Psednos harteli. It differs from that species with P. groenlandicus having a lower lobe rays that are elongated and thin, a short mouth, a shorter upper jaw compared to the lower jaw, and other minor features. [3]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the in the north-western Atlantic Ocean in areas such as Greenland. They live in depths ranging from 930-1055 meters. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Chernova, N., 2001. A review of the genus Psednos (Pisces, Liparidae) with description of ten new species from the north Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 155(10):477-507.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos groenlandicus". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  3. 1 2 Chernova, N., 2001. A review of the genus Psednos (Pisces, Liparidae) with description of ten new species from the north Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 155(10):477-507.


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