Scientific Name
Rhinoliparis attenuatus

Common Name
Slim snailfish

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 68; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 60. Pectoral fin shallowly notched; disk absent (Ref. 28160). Skin transparent, dusky posteriorly; musculature tan; mouth, branchial cavity and peritoneum black; stomach and pyloric caeca pale (Ref. 28160).

Classification

Classified By

Burke, 1912

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: southeastern Okhotsk Sea, Kuril Islands and southeastern Kamchatka, Bering Sea, southern British Columbia to central California, USA.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

350 m

Depth To - meters

2189 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 350 - 2189 m (Ref. 26773)

Trophic Level

3.36 s.e. 0.47 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

11.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.7500 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (14 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