Aetheliparis rossi
| Aetheliparis rossi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Aetheliparis |
| Species: | A. rossi |
| Binomial name | |
| Aetheliparis rossi[1] (Chernova & Stein, 2004) | |
Aetheliparis rossi is a species of snailfish only known from the mesopelagic zone in the North Atlantic off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This species is found at depths of from 500 to 674 metres (1,640 to 2,211 ft).[2]
Description
It is an orange-pink fish around 3.7 centimetres (1.5 in) SL with a very large mouth with a vertical opening. It has a straight spine.
References
- Chernova, Natalia V.; Stein, David L. (2004). "A remarkable new species of Psednos (Teleostei: Liparidae) from the western North Atlantic Ocean" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 102 (2): 245–250.
- ↑ Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Psednos rossi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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