Lopholiparis flerxi
Lopholiparis flerxi, the hardhead snailfish, is a species of snailfish from the northern Pacific Ocean where a single specimen (the holotype) was collected in June 2000 from near the Aleutian Islands at a depth of 285 metres (935 ft). The length of the fish was 3.3 centimetres (1.3 in) SL. This species is the only member of its genus.[1][2]
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Genus: | Lopholiparis J. W. Orr, 2004 |
Species: | L. flerxi |
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Lopholiparis flerxi J. W. Orr, 2004 | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Lopholiparis flerxi" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Orr, J.W., 2004. Lopholiparis flerxi: a new genus and species of snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Copeia 2004(3):551-555
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