Biology:Snyderidia canina

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Snyderidia canina
Snyderidia canina.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Subfamily: Pyramodontinae
Genus: Snyderidia
Species:
S. canina
Binomial name
Snyderidia canina
C. H. Gilbert, 1905

Snyderidia canina is a species of pearlfish found in all tropical waters but those of the eastern Pacific Ocean, depths from 110 to 1,762 m (361 to 5,781 ft). This species grows to a length of 26.8 cm (10.6 in).[1] This fish is the only known species in its genus which was named in honour of the ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder (1867-1943) for the assistance he lent to Charles Henry Gilbert on the cruise to Hawaii on which the type specimen was collected.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Snyderidia canina" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/. Retrieved 10 July 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2180253 entry