Scientific Name
Palmoliparis beckeri

Common Name
Gloved snailfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 16; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37; Anal soft rays: 45; Vertebrae: 57 - 58. Head strongly compressed, upper side of head flattened, interocular space wide due to large, rounded slopes of frontalia prominent above eye. Snout not prominent beyond maxilla. Mouth terminal, horizontal. Maxilla short, reaching posteriad not beyond anterior edge of orbit. Teeth small, tricuspid; nostril tubular. Gill slit small, not reaching downwards to the first ray of pectoral fin. Opercular lobe triangular. Body deep. Gradually narrowing towards tail. Skin naked, thin and loose (Ref. 27673).

Classification

Classified By

Balushkin, 1996

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

Northwest Pacific

Distribution

Northwest Pacific: northern Kuril Islands

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

2 °C

Water Temperature To

4 °C

Depth From - meters

200 m

Depth To - meters

800 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 200 - 800 m (Ref. 51661), usually 300 - 500 m (Ref. 56381)

Trophic Level

3.65 s.e. 0.62 Based on food items.

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

42.0 cm

Common Length

29.6 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated