Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyclopteroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Scorpaeniformes
Subordo: Cottoidei
Superfamilia: Cyclopteroidea

Familia: Liparidae
Genus: Psednos
Species: Psednos cryptocaeca

Name

Psednos cryptocaeca Stein, 2012

Type locality: 46°5.04'S, 170°50.39'E , off the Otago Canyons, 118–121 m depth.

Etymology: The name cryptocaeca, from the Greek krypto- (= hidden), and the Latin caecum (= blind), referring to the difficulty of finding the pyloric caeca in this species.

Primary references

  • 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. Preview Reference page. 
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