Biology:Psednos barnardi
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Short description: Species of fish
| Psednos barnardi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
This species reaches a length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology
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
- ↑ 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Psednos barnardi" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/perciformes22/.
Wikidata ☰ Q81346 entry
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