Pseudoliparis swirei

Translingual

Etymology

swirei (“Swire's”), after Herbert Swire, Navigating Sublieutenant of the HMS Challenger on the cruise that in 1876 first sounded the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench where the Mariana snailfish was discovered.

Proper noun

Pseudoliparis swirei ?

1. A taxonomic species within the family Liparidae – Mariana snailfish, thought to be the deepest swimming fish on Earth.

References

• Pseudoliparis swirei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pseudoliparis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Liparidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pseudoliparis swirei at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Pseudoliparis swirei at World Register of Marine Species