''Snyderidia canina'' is a species of
pearlfish found in all
tropical waters but those of the eastern
Pacific Ocean, depths from . This species grows to a length of .
This fish is the only known species in its genus which was named in honour of the
ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish ( Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octobe ...
John Otterbein Snyder
John Otterbein Snyder (August 14, 1867 – August 19, 1943) was an American ichthyologist and professor of zoology at Stanford University.
History
As a student he met David Starr Jordan who inspired him to enter zoology. He eventually became a zoo ...
(1867-1943) for the assistance he lent to
Charles Henry Gilbert on the cruise to
Hawaii on which the
type specimen was collected.
References
Carapidae
Monotypic fish genera
Fish described in 1905
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