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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Psednos: Greek, psednos, -e, -on = rare (Ref. 45335); cathetostomus: Named for the almost vertical angle of the lower jaw and mouth.
More on authors: Chernova & Stein.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 309 - 2030 m (Ref. 58018). Deep-water
Eastern Pacific: Mexico and USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43481)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 38; Vertebrae: 42 - 43. Body pale, stomach partly pigmented; cardiac region dark, blackish brown. Coronal pore present. Gill opening insertion low, its dorsal end on horizontal with mid-suborbital space. Gill rakers unmodified. Pyloric caeca padlike, pale like the pyloric region (Ref. 43481).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chernova, N.V. and D.L. Stein, 2002. Ten new species of Psednos (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans. Copeia 2002(3):755-778. (Ref. 43481)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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