Scientific Name
Paraliparis hobarti

Common Name
Palepore snailfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 54; Vertebrae: 66. Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 2 round radials; subrostral fold absent; chin pore even with chin surface, slit-like; eye large, 26% HL, snout short; ventral end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral ray horizontal with lower margin of pupil; last preoperculo-mandibular pore very close to eye; pectoral fin long, 83% HL, rudimentary notch rays absent; body deepest at anal-fin origin; head 18,5% SL; preanal length 35.5% SL; color light brown, skin semitransparent, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).

Classification

Classified By

Stein, Chernova & Andriashev, 2001

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

Southeastern Indian Ocean

Distribution

Southeastern Indian Ocean: to western South Pacific, off Tasmania, Australia.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal

Trophic Level

3.47 s.e. 0.49 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

12.4 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (15 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