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

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(snailfish).

Description

''Paraliparis hystrix'' is up to long. It is white in colour with a black belly and tail. Its specific name is from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (''hystrix''), meaning "bristly." It has no common name in English, but is known in

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as ''mørkhalet dybhavsringbug'', "dark-tailed deep-sea seasnail."

Habitat

''Paraliparis hystrix'' lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and in Canada's arctic waters off the Davis Strait. It is

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and

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, living at .

References

hystrix Fish described in 1983 Taxa named by Nigel Merrett {{Rayfinned-fish-stub