Psednos steini

Psednos steini, Stein's dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. [1]

Psednos steini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. steini
Binomial name
Psednos steini
Chernova, 2001

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.7 cm (1.5 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist David L. Stein, of Oregon State University. [3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos steini" 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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