Psednos

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

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

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

↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Psednos in FishBase. December 2012 version.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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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