Psednos barnardi
Psednos barnardi, the blackchin dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.[1]
| Psednos barnardi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Psednos |
| Species: | P. barnardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Psednos barnardi Chernova, 2001 | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Keppel Harcourt Barnard (1887-1964), of the South African Museum, who was the one who proposed the genus Psednos in 1927.[3]
References
- Chernova, N., 2001. A review of the genus Psednos (Pisces, Liparidae) with description of ten new species from the north Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 155(10):477-507.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos barnardi" 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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