| Paraliparis kocki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. kocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraliparis kocki Chernova, 1989 | |
Paraliparis kocki is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean. [1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 27.7 cm (10.9 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Karl-Hermann Kock, because of his contribution to the study of the Antarctic fishes.[3]
References
- ↑ Chernova, N.V., 2006. New and rare snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with the description of four new species from the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical East Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 46:1-14
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis kocki" 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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