A new snailfish, Paraliparis nigellus sp. nov. (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae), from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge - With notes on occurrence of Psednos in the area

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 369-375

  Chernova, Natalia V ^a   Møller, Peter R ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Liparidae; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Paraliparis; Psednos

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FINFISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

LIPARIDAE (FISHES); PARALIPARIS; PARALIPARIS COPEI; PSEDNOS; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 53149132782     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000802017507     Document Type: Article

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