Psednos nataliae
Appearance
Psednos nataliae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Psednos |
Species: | P. nataliae
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Binomial name | |
Psednos nataliae Stein, & Andriyashev, 2001
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Psednos nataliae is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 9.9 cm (3.9 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Natalia V. Chernova, of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, for her contributions to the knowledge of Arctic fishes including snailfishes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.). "Psednos nataliae". 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.