Scientific Name
Temnocora candida

Common Name
Bigeye snailfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 44-48; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 37 - 39. Body light reddish dorsally, a little mottled; whitish ventrally; skin translucent; peritoneum and stomach pale (Ref. 43939).

Classification

Classified By

Gilbert & Burke, 1912

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: off southeastern Kamchatka and northern Kuril Islands. Bering Sea off Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska at Cook Inlet.

Range

66°N - 45°N, 154°E - 129°W

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

64 m

Depth To - meters

400 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 64 - 400 m (Ref. 43939)

Trophic Level

3.35 s.e. 0.47 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

10.6 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (13 of 100)

Resilience

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

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated