| Family: |
Liparidae (Snailfishes) |
| Max. size: |
12.6 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 380 - 1010 m |
| Distribution: |
Southern Ocean: Kerguelen, Skif Seamount (SW of Kerguelen) and off Heard Island. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 53-58; Anal soft rays: 48-53; Vertebrae: 59-64. This species is characterized by the following: broad head; ventral and transverse mouth; smaller chin pores than mandibular pores and markedly approximated; opercular opening do not extend below 2nd and 3rd pectoral-fin rays; operculum about 1/3 HL; very large opercular lobe, extending far past of pectoral; rays of pectoral fin evenly decreasing in length without forming marked notch. Colour of peritoneum black, stomach dark brown to black (Ref. 44814). |
| Biology: |
A 1.45 cm SL fry was caught in the mesopelagic zone (Ref. 44814). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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