Aetheliparis taurocanis

Aetheliparis taurocanis is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.[1]

Aetheliparis taurocanis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Aetheliparis
Species:
A. taurocanis
Binomial name
Aetheliparis taurocanis
Stein, 2001

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Daniel M. Cohen (1930-2017),of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, for his contributions to the knowledge of world fishes. [3]

References

  1. Stein, D.L., 2012. A review of the snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, including descriptions of a new genus and sixteen new species. Zootaxa 3588:1-54.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Aetheliparis taurocanis" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. 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.


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