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Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis Orr & Busby 2001

Description

Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis Orr & Busby, 2001.

Wrinklejaw Snailfish. Length to 9.8 cm (3.9 in) SL (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington). Known from three specimens taken in and around Seguam Pass, central Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Orr and Busby 2001, Maslenikov et al. 2013). Depth: 448–455 m (1,469 –1,493 ft) (min.: Maslenikov et al. 2013; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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References

  • Orr, J. W. & Busby, M. S. (2001) Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis, a new genus and species of the fish family Liparidae (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114, 51 - 57.
  • Maslenikov, K. P., Orr, J. W. & Stevenson, D. W. (2013) Range extensions and significant distributional records for eighty-two species of fishes in Alaskan marine waters. Northwestern Naturalist, 94, 1 - 21. https: // doi. org / 10.1898 / 12 - 23.1