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Psednos carolinae

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Psednos carolinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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).[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.