Paraliparis lasti, the rusty snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. lasti
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraliparis lasti | |
Size edit
This species reaches a length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in).[2]
Etymology edit
The fish is named in honor of Peter R. Last, of the CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research. [3]
References edit
- ^ Stein, D.L., N.V. Chernova and A.P. Andriashev, 2001. Snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) of Australia, including descriptions of thirty new species. Rec. Aust. Mus. 53:341-406.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paraliparis lasti" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ 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.
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