Psednos

Psednos is a genus of snailfishes found in all the world's oceans.

Psednos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Barnard, 1927

Species

There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Psednos andriashevi Chernova, 2001 (Andriashev's dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos anoderkes Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos argyrogaster Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos balushkini Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001 (Palemouth snailfish)
  • Psednos barnardi Chernova, 2001 (Blackchin dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos carolinae Stein, 2005
  • Psednos cathetostomus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos chathami Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos christinae Andriashev, 1992 (European dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos cryptocaeca Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos delawarei Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos dentatus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos gelatinosus Chernova, 2001 (Gelatinous dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos griseus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos groenlandicus Chernova, 2001 (Greenland dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos harteli Chernova, 2001 (Hartel's dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos islandicus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos longiventris Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos melanocephalus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos mexicanus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos microps Chernova, 2001 (Smalleye dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos microstomus Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos micruroides Chernova, 2001 (Multipore dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos micrurus Barnard, 1927 (Barnard's dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos mirabilis Chernova, 2001 (Marvelous dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos nataliae Stein & Andriashev, 2001 (Darkgill snailfish)
  • Psednos nemnezi Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos pallidus Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos platyoperculosus Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos sargassicus Chernova, 2001 (Sargasso dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos spirohira Chernova & Stein, 2002
  • Psednos steini Chernova, 2001 (Stein's dwarf snailfish)
  • Psednos struthersi Stein, 2012[2]
  • Psednos whitleyi Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001 (Bigcheek snailfish)

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Psednos in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.


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