| Snyderidia canina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyramodontinae |
| Genus: | Snyderidia |
| Species: | S. canina |
| Binomial name | |
| Snyderidia canina C. H. Gilbert, 1905 | |
Snyderidia canina is a species of pearlfish found in all tropical waters but those of the eastern Pacific Ocean, depths from 110 to 1,762 m (361 to 5,781 ft). This species grows to a length of 26.8 cm (10.6 in).[1] This fish is the only known species in its genus which was named in honour of the ichthyologist John Otterbein Snyder (1867-1943) for the assistance he lent to Charles Henry Gilbert on the cruise to Hawaii on which the type specimen was collected.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Snyderidia canina" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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