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Hardhead snailfish

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Hardhead snailfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Lopholiparis
J. W. Orr, 2004
Species:
L. flerxi
Binomial name
Lopholiparis flerxi
J. W. Orr, 2004

The hardhead snailfish (Lopholiparis flerxi) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean where a single specimen (the holotype) was collected in June 2000 from near the Aleutian Islands at a depth of 285 m (935 ft). The length of the fish was 3.3 cm (1.3 in) SL. This species is the only member of the monospecific genus Lopholiparis.[1][2] The specific name honors the collector of the holotype, William C. Flerx of the National Marine Fisheries Service.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lopholiparis flerxi". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. ^ Orr, J.W. (2004). "Lopholiparis flerxi: a new genus and species of snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska". Copeia. 2004 (3): 551–555. doi:10.1643/CI-03-279R1.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (4 October 2022). "Order Perciformes (part 22): Suborder Cottoidei: Infraorder Cottales: Family Liparidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 March 2023.