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

Paraliparis gomoni, the squarechin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Size

This species reaches a length of 11 cm (4.3 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Martin F. Gomon (b. 1945), the Senior Curator of Ichthyology, at the Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.

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 gomoni". 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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