Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Liparidae | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Rank Species | |
Genus Lipariscus
C. H. Gilbert, 1915 People also search for Nectoliparis pelagicus, Acantholiparis | ||
Lipariscus nanus, the pygmy snailfish, is a species of snailfish native to the northern Pacific Ocean where it occurs in deep waters down to 910 metres (2,990 ft). The range is broad, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk (off Hokkaido) north to the western Bering Sea, and from Monterey Bay, California, north to the Gulf of Alaska. This species grows to a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL in males and to 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL in females. It is the only known member of its genus.
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