Biology:Psednos christinae

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Psednos christinae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. christinae
Binomial name
Psednos christinae
Andriashev, 2001

Psednos christinae, the European dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Christine Karrer.[3]

References

  1. Andriashev, A.P., 1998. A review of recent studies of Southern Ocean Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Cybium 22(3): 255-266.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Psednos christinae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. "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 ☰ Q81391 entry