Scientific Name
Pseudonotoliparis rassi

Common Name
Rass' snailfish

Biology
Dorsal soft rays (total): 34-39; Anal soft rays: 30 - 33. Head and mouth small. Ventral (abdominal) disk well developed. Seismosensory system: large pores, channels of coronal and postcoronal, pores of temporal canal, and the last pores of infraorbital and preoperculomandibular canals significantly protruding above skin in the form of tubules. Branchiostegal rays 6. Pyloric caeca 8. Eyes well developed (Ref. 41399).

Classification

Classified By

Pitruk, 1991

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

Northwest Pacific

Distribution

Northwest Pacific: Boussole Strait, Kuril Islands.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

2200 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 2200 m (Ref. 41399)

Trophic Level

3.31 s.e. 0.46 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

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

8.8 cm

Common Length

Unknown 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

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (11 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