| Family: |
Liparidae (Snailfishes) |
| Max. size: |
34 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 730.0 g; max. reported age: 8 years |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 75 - 631 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: off Honshu, Japan at Sagami Bay, Kuril Islands, and eastern Okhotsk Sea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Diagnosis: Simple teeth or with weak shoulders; nasal pore 1 with pigmented papilla; black peritoneum; single, finger-like projection on the orobuccal valve, its cavity pale; gill rakers 8 - 12, short and blunt; interorbital papilla may be present or absent; pyloric caeca on the right side; body is red; iris silver gray (Ref. 57077). |
| Biology: |
Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 10.5. cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 7.45 cm SL (Ref. 57077). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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