| Hardhead snailfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Lopholiparis flerxi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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