''Paraliparis'' is a genus 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 ...

, the snailfishes. It is found in

benthic The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...

, benthopelagic and

pelagic The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean, and can be further divided into regions by depth (as illustrated on the right). The word ''pelagic'' is derived . The pelagic zone can be thought of as an imaginary cylinder or wa ...

habitats in all the world's

ocean The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...

s. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a

pseudobranch The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia is the reduced first gill arch of a fish (on the inner surface of the opercle, near the junction of the preopercle) as well as a reduced "false" gill in some gastropods. In teleost fish, the pseudobranchs are m ...

or ventral suction disc. The generic name means "resembling ''Liparis''."

Species

There are currently 143 recognized species in this genus: * '' Paraliparis abyssorum'' * ''

Paraliparis acutidens ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

'' * '' Paraliparis adustus'' * ''

Paraliparis albeolus ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

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Paraliparis albescens ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

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Paraliparis alius ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

'' Stein, D.L. (2012)
Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters.
''Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.'' * ''

Paraliparis amerismos ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

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Paraliparis andriashevi ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

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Paraliparis antarcticus ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

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Paraliparis anthracinus ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

'' (Coalskin snailfish) * ''

Paraliparis aspersus ''Paraliparis'' is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans. ''Paraliparis'' species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ve ...

'' * '' Paraliparis ater'' (Sooty snailfish) * '' Paraliparis atramentatus'' * '' Paraliparis atrolabiatus'' (Darklip snailfish) * '' Paraliparis attenuatus'' * '' Paraliparis auriculatus'' (Smallcheek snailfish) * '' Paraliparis australiensis'' (Australian snailfish) * '' Paraliparis australis'' * '' Paraliparis avellaneus'' (Nutty snailfish) * '' Paraliparis badius'' (Dark brown snailfish) * '' Paraliparis balgueriasi'' * ''

Paraliparis bathybius The black seasnail (''Paraliparis bathybius'') is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish). Description The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum ), black and grey in colour, with large head, dorsal fin, dorsal and a ...

Paraliparis dewitti ''Paraliparis dewitti'', the brown ribbed snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Size This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist-oceanographer Hugh H. DeWitt (1933- ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q148819 Liparidae Taxa named by Robert Collett