Psednos delawarei
Appearance
Psednos delawarei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Psednos |
Species: | P. delawarei
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Binomial name | |
Psednos delawarei |
Psednos delawarei is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named for the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ship Delaware II, from which the holotype specimen was collected. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos delawarei" 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.