Scientific Name
Liparis fabricii

Common Name
Gelatinous snailfish

Biology
Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 36 - 42. Caudal fin rounded and small. Peritoneum black (Ref. 4702).

Classification

Classified By

Kr?yer, 1847

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

North Atlantic

Distribution

North Atlantic: Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and the northern Barents Sea. Arctic Ocean: Beloye More (Ref. 9926), northern seas of the former USSR, the coasts of Siberia and Arctic Alaska and Canada.

Range

84°N - 42°N

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

12 m

Depth To - meters

1800 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 12 - 1800 m (Ref. 58496)

Trophic Level

3.33 s.e. 0.42 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

20.0 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 (20 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated