Fish Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Psednos andriashevi	Andriashev's dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.3 SL	2001
Psednos anoderkes		Eastern Pacific	2.7 SL	2002
Psednos argyrogaster		Southwest Pacific	7.4 TL	2012
Psednos balushkini	Palemouth snailfish	Southwest Pacific	8.4 SL	2001
Psednos barnardi	Blackchin dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	3.4 SL	2001
Psednos carolinae		Indian Ocean	3.9 SL	2005
Psednos cathetostomus		Eastern Pacific	4.3 SL	2002
Psednos chathami		Southwest Pacific	8.7 SL	2012
Psednos christinae	European dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic		1992
Psednos cryptocaeca		Southwest Pacific	9.6 SL	2012
Psednos delawarei		Northwest Atlantic	3.5 SL	2002
Psednos dentatus		Southeast Pacific	6.3 TL	2002
Psednos gelatinosus	Gelatinous dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	6.5 TL	2001
Psednos griseus		Eastern Pacific	3.7 SL	2002
Psednos groenlandicus	Greenland dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	5.3 SL	2001
Psednos harteli	Hartel's dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL	2001
Psednos islandicus		Northeast Atlantic	4.6 TL	2002
Psednos longiventris		Southwest Pacific	7.7 SL	2012
Psednos melanocephalus		Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL	2002
Psednos mexicanus		Eastern Central Pacific	5.9 TL	2002
Psednos microps	Smalleye dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	1.8 SL	2001
Psednos microstomus		Southwest Pacific	3.4 SL	2012
Psednos micruroides	Multipore dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	3.1 SL	2001
Psednos micrurus	Barnard's dwarf snailfish	Atlantic Ocean	4.5 SL	1927
Psednos mirabilis	Marvelous dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	2.8 SL	2001
Psednos nataliae	Darkgill snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.9 SL	2001
Psednos nemnezi		Southwest Pacific	9 SL	2012
Psednos pallidus		Eastern Central Pacific	7.1 TL	2002
Psednos platyoperculosus		Southwest Pacific	9.8 SL	2012
Psednos rossi		North Western Atlantic	3.7 SL	2004
Psednos sargassicus	Sargasso dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.2 SL	2001
Psednos spirohira		Northeast Atlantic	3.9 SL	2002
Psednos steini	Stein's dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	3.7 SL	2001
Psednos struthersi		Southwest Pacific	4.8 SL	2012
Psednos whitleyi	Bigcheek snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.1 SL	2001

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: TeleosteiOrder: Perciformes/CottoideiFamily: Liparidae SnailfishesGenus: Psednos(See list of species below)

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

Genus: Psednos

(See list of species below)