Paraliparis
Encyclopedia
Paraliparis is a genus of snailfish
es. There are currently 112 described species found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's ocean
s.
Paraliparis species have one pair of nostril
s and lack a pseudobranch
or ventral suction disc.
Snailfish
Snailfish are scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Liparidae. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans including the northern Pacific, the snailfish family contains 30 genera and 361 species. They are closely related to the sculpins of the family Cottidae and the lumpfish of the...
es. There are currently 112 described species found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's ocean
Ocean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
s.
Paraliparis species have one pair of nostril
Nostril
A nostril is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening. In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates, whose function is to warm air on inhalation and remove moisture on exhalation...
s and lack a pseudobranch
Pseudobranch
The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia is the reduced first gill arch of a fish ....
or ventral suction disc.
Species
- Paraliparis abyssorum
- Paraliparis acutidens
- Paraliparis albeolus
- Paraliparis albescens
- Paraliparis andriashevi
- Paraliparis angustifrons
- Paraliparis antarcticus
- Paraliparis anthracinus
- Paraliparis aspersus
- Paraliparis ater
- Paraliparis atramentatus
- Paraliparis atrolabiatus
- Paraliparis attenuatus
- Paraliparis auriculatus
- Paraliparis australiensis
- Paraliparis australis
- Paraliparis avellaneus
- Paraliparis badius
- Paraliparis balgueriasi
- Paraliparis bathybius
- Paraliparis bipolaris
- Paraliparis brunneocaudatus
- Paraliparis brunneus
- Paraliparis calidus
- Paraliparis caninus
- Paraliparis carlbondiParaliparis carlbondiParaliparis carlbondi is a species of snailfish. It was described in 2005 from two specimens collected in 1966 off the coast of Peru.This fish, standard length up to 110 mm, is most similar to Paraliparis merodontus but differs most notably by having teeth in both jaws rather than just in the lower...
- Paraliparis cephalus
- Paraliparis cerasinus
- Paraliparis challengeri
- Paraliparis charcoti
- Paraliparis copei
- Paraliparis coracinus
- Paraliparis costatus
- Paraliparis csiroi
- Paraliparis dactyloides
- Paraliparis dactylosus
- Paraliparis darwini
- Paraliparis deani
- Paraliparis debueni
- Paraliparis delphis
- Paraliparis devriesi
- Paraliparis dewitti
- Paraliparis diploprora
- Paraliparis dipterus
- Paraliparis duhameli
- Paraliparis eastmani
- Paraliparis edwardsi
- Paraliparis eltanini
- Paraliparis entochloris
- Paraliparis fimbriatus
- Paraliparis fuscolingua
- Paraliparis galapagosensis
- Paraliparis garmani
- Paraliparis gomoni
- Paraliparis gracilis
- Paraliparis grandis
- Paraliparis hobarti
- Paraliparis holomelas
- Paraliparis hubbsi
- Paraliparis hureaui
- Paraliparis hystrix
- Paraliparis impariporus
- Paraliparis incognita
- Paraliparis infeliciter
- Paraliparis kocki
- Paraliparis kreffti
- Paraliparis labiatus
- Paraliparis lasti
- Paraliparis latifrons
- Paraliparis leobergi
- Paraliparis leucogaster
- Paraliparis leucoglossus
- Paraliparis liparinus
- Paraliparis macrocephalus
- Paraliparis mandibularis
- Paraliparis mawsoni
- Paraliparis megalopus
- Paraliparis meganchus
- Paraliparis melanobranchus
- Paraliparis membranaceusParaliparis membranaceusParaliparis membranaceus is a species of snailfish only known from a single specimen of 57 mm standard length collected in Sarmiento Channel in the fjordlands of southern Chile....
- Paraliparis mento
- Paraliparis meridionalis
- Paraliparis merodontus
- Paraliparis mexicanus
- Paraliparis molinai
- Paraliparis monoporus
- Paraliparis murieli
- Paraliparis nassarum
- Paraliparis neelovi
- Paraliparis obliquosus
- Paraliparis obtusirostris
- Paraliparis operculosus
- Paraliparis orcadensis
- Paraliparis paucidens
- Paraliparis pectoralis
- Paraliparis piceus
- Paraliparis plagiostomus
- Paraliparis porcus
- Paraliparis retrodorsalis
- Paraliparis rosaceus
- Paraliparis rossi
- Paraliparis skeliphrusParaliparis skeliphrusParaliparis skeliphrus is a species of snailfish. It was described in 2005 from a single poorly-preserved specimen of 71 mm standard length collected in 1966 off the Chilean coast near Antofagasta....
- Paraliparis somovi
- Paraliparis stehmanni
- Paraliparis tasmaniensis
- Paraliparis tetrapteryx
- Paraliparis thalassobathyalis
- Paraliparis tompkinsae
- Paraliparis trilobodon
- Paraliparis trunovi
- Paraliparis ulochir
- Paraliparis vaillanti
- Paraliparis valentinae
- Paraliparis violaceus
- Paraliparis vipera
- Paraliparis wildi
- Paraliparis wolffi