Black seasnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Paraliparis |
Species: | P. bathybius
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Binomial name | |
Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish). [2] [3] [4] [5]
The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum 25 cm (9.8 in)), black and grey in colour, with large head, dorsal and anal fins that run the length of the body, and a much reduced caudal fin, although it has no adhesive disc, unlike other snailfish. The pectoral fins have two lobes, the lower having 3–4 rays. [6]
The black seasnail is bathydemersal, living in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean at depths of 20–4,009 m (66–13,153 ft). [7] [8] [9] [10]
It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids. [11] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter. [12]
Black seasnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Paraliparis |
Species: | P. bathybius
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Binomial name | |
Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish). [2] [3] [4] [5]
The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum 25 cm (9.8 in)), black and grey in colour, with large head, dorsal and anal fins that run the length of the body, and a much reduced caudal fin, although it has no adhesive disc, unlike other snailfish. The pectoral fins have two lobes, the lower having 3–4 rays. [6]
The black seasnail is bathydemersal, living in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean at depths of 20–4,009 m (66–13,153 ft). [7] [8] [9] [10]
It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids. [11] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter. [12]