European dwarf snailfish articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Diagnostic Description

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No coronal pore, preoperculo-mandibular pores 7, short head (24-25% SL), small gill slit (20.4-21.5% HL) that is low (end of operculum below level of eye), opercular flap small, triangular; pectoral fin long (66% HL) with 1 notch ray and uppermost ray level with posterior end of mouth cleft (Ref. 42989).

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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 41; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 35; Vertebrae: 47

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Biology

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Holotype taken from a depth of 1,000 m (Ref. 33021).

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Psednos christinae

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Psednos christinae, the European dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German ichthyologist Christine Karrer.^[3]

References

^ Andriashev, A.P., 1998. A review of recent studies of Southern Ocean Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Cybium 22(3): 255-266.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos christinae" 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.