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Greenland Dwarf Snailfish

Psednos groenlandicus Chernova 2001

Diagnostic Description

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No coronal pore, 6 preoperculo-mandibular pores and 1 suprabranchial pore; short mouth cleft (reaching to below anterior margin of eye), upper jaw short 10.6-12.6% SL); vertical gill slit about equal to eye diameter and placed low, pectoral notch with usually 2 rays, and with slight blackish pigmentation at end of caudal part of body and along vertebrae.
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 41; Vertebrae: 47
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Psednos groenlandicus

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Psednos groenlandicus, Greenland dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 5.3 cm (2.1 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Chernova, N., 2001. A review of the genus Psednos (Pisces, Liparidae) with description of ten new species from the north Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 155(10):477-507.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Psednos groenlandicus" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
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Psednos groenlandicus: Brief Summary

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Psednos groenlandicus, Greenland dwarf snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

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Distribution

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Northwest Atlantic: Davis Strait

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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benthic

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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Habitat

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bathydemersal, 930 - 1055 m

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North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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