Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Liparidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Genus Liparis | |
Similar Liparis fabricii, Liparis marmoratus, Liparis catharus | ||
Liparis tunicatus, or the kelp snailfish, is a fish from the genus Liparis. It can be found in marine, demersal, and brackish water environments at a depth range from zero to six hundred twenty meters. The kelp snailfish lives in the Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean among kelp. A bottom feeder, it eats crustaceans.
Description
The fish grows to a maximum length of sixteen centimeters (in total length). It has small dark spots and can have pale stripes. Liparis tunicatus has a small gill opening.
References
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