Paraliparis eastmani

Paraliparis eastmani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Paraliparis
Species:	P. eastmani
Binomial name
	Paraliparis eastmani; Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001

Paraliparis eastmani, the thickskin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 18.3 cm (7.2 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Joseph T. Eastman (b. 1944),of Ohio University, for his “valuable” studies on the natural history, physiology, and origins of Antarctic fishes [3]

References

Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis eastmani" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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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[1] Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis eastmani" in FishBase. February 2015 version.

[ETYFish-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.