Psednos harteli

Psednos harteli
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Psednos
Species:	P. harteli
Binomial name
Psednos harteli Chernova, 2001

Psednos harteli, also known as Hartel's dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean. ^[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 4.8 cm (1.9 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Karsten E. Hartel, a Curatorial Associate in Ichthyology, at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at the Harvard University, who loaned specimens and read the manuscript. ^[4]

References

1. Stein, D.L. (2010). "Psednos harteli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T154887A4659556. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154887A4659556.en . Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos harteli". FishBase . February 2015 version.
4. 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.