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

Genus: Psednos

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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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