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Pygmy snailfish

The pygmy snailfish species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean where it occurs in deep waters down to 910 metres (2,990 ft). The range is broad, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk north to the western Bering Sea, and from Monterey Bay, California, north to the Gulf of Alaska. This species grows to a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL in males and to 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL in females. It is the only known member of the genus Lipariscus.

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Pygmy snailfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Lipariscus
C. H. Gilbert, 19151
Species:
L. nanus
Binomial name
Lipariscus nanus
C. H. Gilbert, 1915

The pygmy snailfish (Lipariscus nanus) species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean where it occurs in deep waters down to 910 metres (2,990 ft). The range is broad, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk (off Hokkaido) north to the western Bering Sea, and from Monterey Bay, California, north to the Gulf of Alaska. This species grows to a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL in males and to 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL in females. It is the only known member of the genus Lipariscus.2

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References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lipariscus nanus". FishBase. February 2023 version.