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Psednos barnardi

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

Psednos barnardi, the blackchin dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Keppel Harcourt Barnard (1887-1964), of the South African Museum, who was the one who proposed the genus Psednos in 1927.[3]


References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos barnardi". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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.