''Paraliparis vaillanti'' is a species of

snailfish The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a Family (biology), family of Saltwater fish, marine Scorpaeniformes, scorpaeniform fishes. Widely distributed from the Arctic Ocean, Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the ocea ...

found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean primarily in the Laurentia Channel, between

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

and Cape Breton.

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of zoologist Léon Vaillant (1834-1914), of the

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in Paris.

References

Liparidae Taxa named by Natalia Vladimirovna Chernova Fish described in 2004 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub