Psednos andriashevi, also known as Andriashev's dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean just west of Ireland.[2]
Psednos andriashevi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Psednos |
Species: | P. andriashevi
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Binomial name | |
Psednos andriashevi Chernova, 2001
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Size
editThis species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Russian ichthyologist Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (1910-2009). [4]
References
edit- ^ Stein, D.L. (2010). "Psednos andriashevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154821A4643586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154821A4643586.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos andriashevi". 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.