Scientific Name
Psednos harteli

Common Name
Hartel's dwarf snailfish

Biology
Dorsal soft rays (total): 42; Anal soft rays: 35; Vertebrae: 47. No coronal pore, io 6 (5+1), 6 preoperculo-mandibular pores and 1 suprabranchial pore; lower pectoral lobe wide and thick, handlike, 1 pectoral notch ray, gill slit distinctly oblique and short (about equal to eye), large mouth (cleft reaching to below pupil, upper jaw 13.5% SL), caudal part of body unpigmented.

Classification

Classified By

Chernova, 2001

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

Northwest Atlantic

Distribution

Northwest Atlantic: above the continental slope of eastern North America.

Range

40°N -

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

1008 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 0 - 1008 m (Ref. 42989)

Trophic Level

3.2 s.e. 0.45 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

4.8 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Data deficient (DD)