Hardhead snailfish
| Hardhead snailfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Lopholiparis J. W. Orr, 2004 |
| Species: | L. flerxi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lopholiparis flerxi J. W. Orr, 2004
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The hardhead snailfish (Lopholiparis flerxi) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in 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 m (935 ft). The length of the fish was 3.3 cm (1.3 in) SL. This species is the only member of the monospecific genus Lopholiparis.[1][2] The specific name honors the collector of the holotype, William C. Flerx of the National Marine Fisheries Service.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lopholiparis flerxi". 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. doi:10.1643/CI-03-279R1.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (2 January 2025). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 22): Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. v. 9.0. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 March 2025.