Psednos barnardi
Appearance
Psednos barnardi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Psednos |
Species: | P. barnardi
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Binomial name | |
Psednos barnardi Chernova, 2001
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Psednos barnardi, the blackchin dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Keppel Harcourt Barnard (1887-1964), of the South African Museum, who was the one who proposed the genus Psednos in 1927.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos barnardi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.