Psednos struthersi

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Psednos struthersi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. struthersi
Binomial name
Psednos struthersi
Stein, 2012

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

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Size

This species reaches a length of 4.8 cm (1.9 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Carl D. Struthers, the Research & Technical Officer, at Fishes National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. [3]

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References

  1. Stein, D.L., 2012. A review of the snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, including descriptions of a new genus and sixteen new species. Zootaxa 3588:1-54.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos struthersi" 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.