| Paraliparis gomoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. gomoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraliparis gomoni Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001 | |
Paraliparis gomoni, the squarechin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 11 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Martin F. Gomon (b. 1945), the Senior Curator of Ichthyology, at the Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. [3]
References
- ↑ 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.) (2015). "Paraliparis gomoni" in 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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