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

Psednos andriashevi, also known as Andriashev's dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean just west of Ireland.[2]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Russian ichthyologist Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (1910-2009). [4]

References

  1. Stein, D.L. (2010). "Psednos andriashevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154821A4643586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T154821A4643586.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.) (2015). "Psednos andriashevi" in 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.


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