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Paraliparis tangaroa

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Paraliparis tangaroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. tangaroa
Binomial name
Paraliparis tangaroa
Stein, 2012

Paraliparis tangaroa is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean. [1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 13.3 cm (5.2 in).[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named after the Maori god of the sea, Tangaroa, who os responsible for all the sea creatures. [3]


References

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  1. ^ Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters. Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis tangaroa". 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.