| Family: |
Liparidae (Snailfishes) |
| Max. size: |
10.9 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 260 - 275 m |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Atlantic: Barents Sea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 53-56; Anal soft rays: 48-51; Vertebrae: 59-62. Diagnosis: Long-finned, slit-eyed careproct with slanted mouth and silvery belly and peritoneum; body low, cylindrical, its greatest body depth 93% head length (HL); head wide and flattened, its width almost equal to greatest depth; upper ray of pectoral found at the level of lower edge of eye, base of lower ray at the vertical of anterior third of eye; eye large (27% HL); teeth similar in size; gill slit against eye 0.9 of its diameter; disc, 24% HL (Ref. 41470). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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