Psednos whitleyi

Psednos whitleyi, the bigcheek snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.[1]

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

Size

This species reaches a length of 9.1 cm (3.6 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Gilbert P. Whitley (1903–1975). [3]

References
  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). "Psednos whitleyi" 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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