Gloved snailfish
(Redirected from Palmoliparis beckeri)
| Gloved snailfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Palmoliparis Balushkin, 1996 |
| Species: | P. beckeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Palmoliparis beckeri Balushkin, 1996
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The gloved snailfish (Palmoliparis beckeri) is a species of snailfish found around the northern Kuril Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the only species in the genus Palmoliparis.[1] This species can be found at depths of from 200 to 800 m (660 to 2,620 ft). This species grows to a length of 42 centimetres (17 in) TL though more usually around 29.6 cm (11.7 in) TL. The maximum known weight for this species is 1,080 g (38 oz).
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Palmoliparis beckeri". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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