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Paraliparis eastmani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Paraliparis
Species:	P. eastmani
Binomial name
Paraliparis eastmani Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001

Paraliparis eastmani, the thickskin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.

Size

This species reaches a length of 18.3 cm (7.2 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Joseph T. Eastman (b. 1944), of Ohio University, for his "valuable" studies on the natural history, physiology, and origins of Antarctic fishes

References

1. Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis eastmani". 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.

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