Psednos whitleyi
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| Psednos whitleyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Psednos |
| Species: | P. whitleyi
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| Psednos whitleyi | |
Psednos whitleyi, the bigcheek snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 9.1 cm (3.6 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish is named in honor of Gilbert P. Whitley (1903–1975). [3]
References
[edit]- ^ Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psednos whitleyi". 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.
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