Paraliparis vaillanti
| Paraliparis vaillanti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. vaillanti
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraliparis vaillanti Chernova, 2004
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Paraliparis vaillanti is a species of snailfish found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean primarily in the Laurentia Channel, between Newfoundland and Cape Breton.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 10.8 cm (4.3 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of zoologist Léon Vaillant (1834–1914), of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.[3]
References
- ^ Chernova, N.V., 2004. A new species of snailfishes (Liparidae) Paraliparis vaillanti sp. nova from the Northwestern Atlantic, with the redescription of a rare species Paraliparis edwardsi Vaillant. J. Ichthyol. 44(2):135–139.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis vaillanti". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.