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Blackchin Dwarf Snailfish

Psednos delawarei Chernova & Stein 2002

Diagnostic Description

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Skin uniformly gray, head beneath skin black. Coronal pore present. Skin pale, peritoneum blackish-brown, mouth and gill cavity pale. Coronal pore present. Mouth oblique at angle approximately 45° to horizontal. Gill rakers unmodified. Temporal and coronal pores very large, distinctly larger than other pores. Pectoral fin low, insertion strongly oblique, base almost horizontal, fin ray direction more ventral than posterior (Ref. 43481).
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 36; Vertebrae: 42
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Psednos delawarei

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Psednos delawarei is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.5 cm (1.4 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named for the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ship Delaware II, from which the holotype specimen was collected. [3]

References

  1. ^ Chernova, N.V. and D.L. Stein, 2002. Ten new species of Psednos (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Copeia 2002(3):755-778.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos delawarei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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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Psednos delawarei: Brief Summary

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Psednos delawarei is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.

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Distribution

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Northwest Atlantic: near southeast slope off New England, USA

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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benthic

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