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Snailfishes
Liparidae
The snailfishes or 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 Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera and about 410 described species, but there are also many undescribed species. Snailfish are found at depths ranging from shallow coastal waters to more than 8,300 m (27,200 ft), including in seven ocean trenches.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 461 known species
Liparis
genusLiparis
Careproctus
genusCareproctus
Paraliparis
genusParaliparis
Abyssal Snailfishes
genusBathyphasma
Tadpole Snailfishes
genusNectoliparis
Tiger Snailfishes
genusCrystallias
Dwarf Snailfishes
genusPsednos
Rhodichthys
genusRhodichthys
Crystallichthys
genusCrystallichthys
Allinectes
genusAllinectes
Allocareproctus
genusAllocareproctus
Osteodiscus
genusOsteodiscus
Pygmy Snailfishes
genusLipariscus
Hardhead Snailfishes
genusLopholiparis
Menziesichthys
genusMenziesichthys
Palmoliparis
genusPalmoliparis
Polypera
genusPolypera
Prognatholiparis
genusPrognatholiparis
Praematoliparis
genusPraematoliparis
Acantholiparis
genusAcantholiparis
Aetheliparis
genusAetheliparis
Eutelichthys
genusEutelichthys
Elassodiscus
genusElassodiscus
Genioliparis
genusGenioliparis
Eknomoliparis
genusEknomoliparis
Gyrinichthys
genusGyrinichthys
Squaloliparis
genusSqualoliparis
Pseudoliparis
genusPseudoliparis
Rhinoliparis
genusRhinoliparis
Pseudonotoliparis
genusPseudonotoliparis
Volodichthys
genusVolodichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49032.