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Paraliparis kocki

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Species of fish

Paraliparis kocki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species: P. kocki
Binomial name
Paraliparis kocki
Chernova, 1989

Paraliparis kocki is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean.

Size

This species reaches a length of 27.7 cm (10.9 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of marine biologist Karl-Hermann Kock, because of his contribution to the study of the Antarctic fishes.

References

  1. Chernova, N.V., 2006. New and rare snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with the description of four new species from the Southern Hemisphere and Tropical East Pacific. J. Ichthyol. 46:1-14
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis kocki". 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.


Taxon identifiers
Paraliparis kocki



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