Paraliparis freeborni

Paraliparis freeborni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Paraliparis
Species:	P. freeborni
Binomial name
	Paraliparis freeborni; Stein, 2012

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 11.8 cm (4.6 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of scientific illustrator Michelle Freeborn, who was the one who drew the figures for Stein's paper and also for the four-volume Fishes of New Zealand.[3]

References

Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters. Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis freeborni" 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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[Stein2012a-1] Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters. Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis freeborni" 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.