Gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii)

Scientific name: Liparis fabricii Kr?yer, 1847

Gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii)

The Gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii) is a marine fish of the family Liparidae.

Biology

Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 36 - 42. Caudal fin rounded and small. Peritoneum black.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Liparis fabricii
Family
Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Depth range
12–1800 m (39–5906 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 12 - 1800 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
North Atlantic: Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and the northern Barents Sea. Arctic Ocean: Beloye More, northern seas of the former USSR, the coasts of Siberia and Arctic Alaska and Canada.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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