''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family
Liparidae
The snailfishes or sea snails (not to be confused with invertebrate sea snails), are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, a family classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.
Widely distributed from the ...
, the snailfishes. It is found in
benthic
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning "the depths". ...
,
benthopelagic
The demersal zone is the part of the sea or ocean (or deep lake) consisting of the part of the water column near to (and significantly affected by) the seabed and the benthos. The demersal zone is just above the benthic zone and forms a layer of ...
and
pelagic
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth. The word ''pelagic'' is derived . The pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or water column between the sur ...
habitats in all the world's
ocean
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s.
''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of
nostril
A nostril (or naris , : nares ) is either of the two orifices of the nose. They enable the entry and exit of air and other gasses through the nasal cavities. In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates ...
s and lack a
pseudobranch The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia, is the reduced first gill arch of a fish (on the inner surface of the opercle, near the junction of the preopercle) as well as a reduced "false" gill in some gastropods.
In teleost fish, the pseudobranchs are ...
or
ventral
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to describe unambiguously the anatomy of humans and other animals. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position prov ...
suction disc.
The generic name means "resembling
''Liparis''."
Species
There are currently 143 recognized species in this genus:
[
* '' Paraliparis abyssorum''
* '' Paraliparis acutidens'' ][Stein, D.L. (2012)]
Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters.
''Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.''
* '' Paraliparis amerismos'' [
* '' Paraliparis andriashevi''
* '' Paraliparis antarcticus''
* '' Paraliparis anthracinus'' (Coalskin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis aspersus''
* '' Paraliparis ater'' (Sooty snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis atramentatus''
* '' Paraliparis atrolabiatus'' (Darklip snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis attenuatus''
* '' Paraliparis auriculatus'' (Smallcheek snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis australiensis'' (Australian snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis australis''
* '' Paraliparis avellaneus'' (Nutty snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis badius'' (Dark brown snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis balgueriasi''
* '' Paraliparis bathybius'' (Black seasnail)
* '' Paraliparis bipolaris''
* '' Paraliparis brunneocaudatus'' (Browntail snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis brunneus'' (Brown snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis bullacephalus'' (Bubble-head snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis calidus'' (Lowfin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis camilarus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis caninus'' ]Paraliparis dewitti
''Paraliparis dewitti'', the brown ribbed snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Size
This species reaches a length of .
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist-oceanographer Hugh H. DeWitt (1933- ...
'' (Brown ribbed snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis diploprora''
* '' Paraliparis dipterus''
* '' Paraliparis duhameli''
* '' Paraliparis eastmani'' (Thickskin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis edwardsi''
* '' Paraliparis ekaporus'' [
* '' Paraliparis eltanini'' Stein
* '' Paraliparis entochloris''
* '' Paraliparis epacrognathus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis exilis'' ][Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. ''Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.'']
* '' Paraliparis fimbriatus''
* '' Paraliparis freeborni'' [
* '' Paraliparis fuscolingua''
* '' Paraliparis galapagosensis''
* '' Paraliparis garmani'' (Pouty seasnail)
* '' Paraliparis gomoni'' (Squarechin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis gracilis''
* '' Paraliparis grandis''
* '' Paraliparis haploporus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis hawaiiensis'' ][Stein, D.L. & Drazen, J.C. (2014): ''Paraliparis hawaiiensis'', a new species of snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) and the first described from the Hawaiian Archipelago. ''Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (5): 1519–1526.'']
* '' Paraliparis hobarti'' (Palepore snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis holomelas''
* '' Paraliparis hubbsi''
* '' Paraliparis hureaui''
* '' Paraliparis hystrix''
* '' Paraliparis impariporus'' (Unipore snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis incognita''
* '' Paraliparis infeliciter'' (Badluck snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis kocki'' [
* '' Paraliparis kreffti''
* '' Paraliparis labiatus'' (Biglip snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis lasti'' (Rusty snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis latifrons'' (Bigpored snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis leobergi''
* '' Paraliparis leucogaster''
* '' Paraliparis leucoglossus''
* '' Paraliparis liparinus''
* '' Paraliparis longicaecus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis macrocephalus''
* '' Paraliparis macropterus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis magnoculus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis mandibularis''
* '' Paraliparis mawsoni''
* '' Paraliparis megalopus''
* '' Paraliparis meganchus'' (Slit branchial paraliparis)
* '' Paraliparis melanobranchus''
* '' Paraliparis membranaceus''
* '' Paraliparis mentikoilon'' ][
* '' Paraliparis mento''
* '' Paraliparis meridionalis''
* '' Paraliparis merodontus''
* '' Paraliparis mexicanus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis molinai''
* '' Paraliparis monoporus''
* '' Paraliparis murieli''
* '' Paraliparis nassarum''
* '' Paraliparis neelovi''
* '' Paraliparis nigellus''
* '' Paraliparis nigrolineatus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis nullansa'' ][
* '' Paraliparis obliquosus''
* '' Paraliparis obtusirostris'' (Bluntsnout snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis operculosus'' (Longeared snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis orbitalis'' ][
* '' Paraliparis orcadensis''
* '' Paraliparis parviradialis'' ][
* '' Paraliparis paucidens'' (Toothless snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis pearcyi'' ][
* '' Paraliparis pectoralis''
* '' Paraliparis penicillus'' (Comet snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis piceus'' (Tarred snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis plagiostomus'' (Sharkmouth snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis plicatus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis porcus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis posteroporus'' ][
* '' Paraliparis pseudokreffti'' ][
* '' Paraliparis retrodorsalis'' (Shortfin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis rosaceus'' (Pink snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis rossi''
* '' Paraliparis selti'' (Blue Atacama snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis skeliphrus''
* '' Paraliparis ruficometes'' ][
* '' Paraliparis tasmaniensis'' (Tasmanian snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis terraenovae'' ][
* '' Paraliparis tetrapteryx''
* '' Paraliparis thalassobathyalis''
* '' Paraliparis tompkinsae''
* '' Paraliparis trilobodon''
* '' Paraliparis trunovi''
* '' Paraliparis ulochir'' (Broadfin snailfish)
* '' Paraliparis vaillanti''
* '' Paraliparis valentinae''
* '' Paraliparis violaceus''
* '' Paraliparis vipera'' ][
* '' Paraliparis voroninorum'' ][
* '' Paraliparis wakataka'' Murasaki, Kai, Misawa & Narimatsu 2024
* '' Paraliparis wolffi'' ]
References
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Liparidae
Taxa named by Robert Collett