Biology:Psednos delawarei
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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 Chernova & Stein, 2002
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Psednos delawarei is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named for the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ship Delaware II, from which the holotype specimen was collected. [3]
References
- ↑ 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Psednos delawarei" 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 ☰ Q81386 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psednos delawarei.
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