Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bering snailfish
Description
Family Liparidae
Distribution: Arctic
to Antarctic
, Atlantic, and Pacific. Body elongate
, scaleless
(small prickles in some) and skin
jellylike; dorsal fin (28-82 soft rays
) and anal fin (24-76 soft rays) long, confluent
, or nearly so, with caudal fin; pelvic fin (disc) absent in species of Paraliparis and in the monotypic Nectoliparis; nostrils single or paired
(usually in Liparis); vertebrae
38-86. Maximum length
about 50 cm. Occur from tidepools to depths of over 7,000 m
.
The family
Liparidae belongs to the Class
Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes
) and the Order
Scorpaeniformes. It contains 19 genera and 195 species. It may be found in Marine
environments and is primarily Marine. Etymology
of this family name
: Greek, liparos = fat
Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Cope 1887
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Cyclogaster beringianus • Cyclogaster beringianus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 • Liparis beringiana • Liparis beringiana (Gilbert & Burke, 1912) • Liparis beringiana (Gilbert & Burke • Liparis beringianus
Similar Species
Members of the genus Liparis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. atlanticus (Atlantic Snailfish) · L. bathybii (Bering Snailfish) · L. beringianus (Bering Snailfish) · L. bristolense (Bristol Snailfish) · L. bristolensis (Bristol Snailfish) · L. callyodon (Spotted Snailfish) · L. catharus (Purity Snailfish) · L. coheni (Gulf Snailfish) · L. cyclopus (Günther's Liparid) · L. dennyi (Denny´s Liparid) · L. fabricii (Gelatinous Dwarf Snailfish) · L. florae (Tidepool Snailfish) · L. fucensis (Juan De Fuca Liparid) · L. gibbus (Variegated Snailfish) · L. greeni (Lobefin Snailfish?names of Fishes 125) · L. harrisii (Harris' Widelip Orchid) · L. herschelinus (Bartail Snailfish) · L. inquilinus (Limace Des Pétoncles) · L. koefoedi (Gelationous Seasnail) · L. lilifolia (Lilyleaf Twayblade) · L. liparis (Sea-Snail) · L. liparis barbatus (Sea-Snail) · L. liparis liparis (Sea Snail) · L. marmoratus (Festive Ribbontail) · L. megacephalus (Bighead Gurnard Perch) · L. micraspidophorus (Thumbtack Snailfish) · L. montagui (Montagu's Sea-Snail) · L. mucosus (Slimy Snailfish) · L. ochotensis (Okhotsk Snailfish) · L. pulchellus (Continuous-Finned Liparid) · L. ranula (Scotian Snailfish) · L. rutteri (Ring-Tailed Liparid) · L. schantarensis (Shantar Snailfish) · L. tanakae (Tanaka´s Snailfish) · L. tanakai (Tanaka's Snailfish) · L. tunicata (Greenland Seasnail) · L. tunicatus (Greenland Seasnail)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 130905
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3961404
