Psednos carolinae
| Psednos carolinae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Psednos |
| Species: | P. carolinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Psednos carolinae Stein, 2005 | |
Psednos carolinae is a species of snailfish only known from a single male specimen collected in mid-Indian Ocean in 1964.
This fish, 39 mm standard length, has a slender body and large head with the mouth angled upwards 90°. It can be distinguished from all other Psednos species by the low number of vertebrae (38).
References
David L. Stein (2005). "Descriptions of four new species, redescription of Paraliparis membranaceus and additional data on species of the fish family Liparidae (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from the west coast of South America and the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1019: 1–25.
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