Pseudoliparis (fish)
Appearance
Pseudoliparis | |
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Pseudoliparis swirei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Pseudoliparis Andriashev, 1955 |
Type species | |
Careproctus (Pseudoliparis) amblystomopsis Andriashev, 1955[1]
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Pseudoliparis is a genus of snailfishes native to very deep water in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2][3]
- Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis (Andriashev, 1955)
- Pseudoliparis belyaevi Andriashev & Pitruk, 1993
- Pseudoliparis swirei Gerringer & Linley, 2017
Habitat
[edit]Pseudoliparis are native to the hadal zone of the ocean. They have been observed swimming at extreme depths of 8,336 metres (27,349 ft; 5.180 mi), in very deep ocean trenches of the Pacific Ocean,[4][5] including the Izu-Ogasawara Trench and the Mariana Trench.
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudoliparis". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Gerringer, M.E.; T.D. Linley; P.H. Yancey; A.J. Jamieson; E. Goetze; J.C. Drazen (2017). "Pseudoliparis swirei sp. nov.: A newly-discovered hadal snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench". Zootaxa. 4358 (1): 161–177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4358.1.7. PMID 29245485.
- ^ Hernandez, Joe (5 April 2023). "Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera". NPR. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Amos, Jonathan (2023-04-01). "Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-04-01.