Paraliparis kocki is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean. [1]
Paraliparis kocki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Paraliparis |
Species: | P. kocki
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Binomial name | |
Paraliparis kocki Chernova, 1989
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 27.7 cm (10.9 in).[2]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of marine biologist Karl-Hermann Kock, because of his contribution to the study of the Antarctic fishes.[3]
References
edit- ^ Chernova, N.V., 2006. New and rare snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with the description of four new species from the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical East Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 46:1-14
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis kocki". 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.