Black seasnail

The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).[3][4][5][6]

Black seasnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. bathybius
Binomial name
Paraliparis bathybius
(Collett, 1879)
Synonyms[2]

Description
Drawing by R. Mintern, 1887

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.[7]

Habitat

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).[8][9][10][11]

Behaviour

It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids.[12] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter.[13]

References
  1. Assessor), Ç Keskin (Mediterranean Marine Fish; Juan Gil Herrera (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz); Hcmr), Costas Papaconstantinou (Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Luis Gil de Sola (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (October 18, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Paraliparis bathybius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "Paraliparis bathybius - (Collett, 1879)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  4. Randall, David J. (July 15, 1969). Fish Physiology: The Physiology of polar fishes. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123504050 – via Google Books.
  5. Syllogeus. National Museum of Natural Sciences. July 15, 1991. ISBN 9780660130538 – via Google Books.
  6. Pfannkuche, Olaf; Lochte, Karin (July 15, 2000). "The Biogeochemistry of the Deep Arabian Sea". Pergamon – via Google Books.
  7. "Black seasnail - Paraliparis Bathybius". www.arctic.uoguelph.ca.
  8. Andrii︠a︡shev, A. P. (July 15, 1964). "Fishes of the Northern Seas of the U.S.S.R.: (Ryby Severnykh Morei SSSR)". Israel Program for Scientific Translations – via Google Books.
  9. Britain), Natural Environment Research Council (Great (July 15, 1978). "Report of the Council for the Period ..." H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  10. "Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.gbif.org.
  11. "Paraliparis bathybius, Black seasnail". www.fishbase.se.
  12. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
  13. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Paraliparis bathybius". species-identification.org.


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