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Psednos harteli

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Psednos harteli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species:
P. harteli
Binomial name
Psednos harteli
Chernova, 2001

Psednos harteli, also known as Hartel's dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean. [2]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 4.8 cm (1.9 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Karsten E. Hartel, a Curatorial Associate in Ichthyology, at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at the Harvard University, who loaned specimens and read the manuscript. [4]


References

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  1. ^ Stein, D.L. (2010). "Psednos harteli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154887A4659556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154887A4659556.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos harteli". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  4. ^ 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.