''Paraliparis abyssorum'' is a species of fish in the family

Liparidae The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a family of marine scorpaeniform fishes. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera ...

(snailfish).

Description

''Paraliparis abyssorum'' is maximum long, and brown in colour. Its mouth is terminal (i.e. pointing straight forward) and small, with simple teeth.

Habitat

''Paraliparis abyssorum'' lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, to the southwest of Ireland; it was first discovered off the Porcupine Bank. It lives in the

bathydemersal Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).Walrond Carl . "Coastal fish - Fish of the open sea floor"Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 2 March 2009 They occ ...

zone, up to deep, hence its specific name ''abyssorum'' ("of the depths").

Behaviour

''Paraliparis abyssorum'' is a

demersal 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 ...

spawner, meaning that it deposits eggs in a pre-prepared nest on or under the seafloor. Its eggs are diameter and have a volume of .

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3759294 Liparidae Fish described in 1997 Taxa named by Anatoly Andriyashev Taxa named by Natalia Vladimirovna Chernova