Pseudoliparis is a genus of snailfishes native to very deep water in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
| Pseudoliparis | |
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| Pseudoliparis swirei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoliparis Andriashev, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Careproctus (Pseudoliparis) amblystomopsis Andriashev, 1955[1]
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Species
editThere 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
editPseudoliparis 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.
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