Aetheliparis taurocanis

Aetheliparis taurocanis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Aetheliparis
Species:	A. taurocanis
Binomial name
Aetheliparis taurocanis Stein, 2001

Aetheliparis taurocanis is a species of snailfish found in the south-western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 3.2 cm (1.3 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Daniel M. Cohen (1930-2017), of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, for his contributions to the knowledge of world fishes. [3]

References

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aetheliparis taurocanis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
3. 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.