Biology:Paraliparis membranaceus

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Short description: Species of fish

Paraliparis membranaceus
Paraliparis membranaceus Gunther 1887.png
Illustration of Paraliparis membranaceus, caught off Cape St. Vincent, 400 fathoms deep
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. membranaceus
Binomial name
Paraliparis membranaceus
Günther, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Hilgendorfia membranacea Goode & Bean 1895[2]

Paraliparis membranaceus is a species of snailfish only known from a single specimen of 57 mm standard length collected in Sarmiento Channel in the fjordlands of southern Chile .[3]

This species is similar to Paraliparis molinai but differs in details of dentition and pectoral fin shape.[3]

References

  1. Günther, Albert (1887). "Report on the Deep-Sea Fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876". Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology. 12. Edinburgh: Neill and Company. pp. 69–70. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15501011.  Pl. 12, Fig. D.
  2. Goode, George Brown; Bean, Tarleton H. (1895). "Hilgendorfia membranacea (Günther), Goode and Bean". Oceanic Ichthyology: Based upon a study of the deep-sea fishes of the Atlantic Basin. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 30. pp. 280–281. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9048799. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stein, David L. (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". Zootaxa 1019: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1019.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/zt01019p025.pdf. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q73152 entry