| Family: |
Liparidae (Snailfishes) |
| Max. size: |
7.76 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 104 - 620 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: Eastern and central Aleutian Islands. |
| Diagnosis: |
Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal papilla absent; other pore papillae are reduced, invariably present only on maxillary pore 6; peritoneum pale; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 9-10, short and blunt; interorbital papilla absent; pyloric caeca on left side, short; body peach to red; iris golden (Ref. 57077). |
| Biology: |
Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 7.76 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 6.38 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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