Liparis mucosus

Liparis mucosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Liparidae
Genus:Liparis
Species: L. mucosus
Binomial name
Liparis mucosus

Liparis mucosus, or the slimy snailfish, is a fish from the genus Liparis. The fish can be found from intertidal areas to 15 meters in depth.[1] In general, they are not found in tide pools.[1] The slimy snailfish ranges in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean from Sitka, Alaska to southern British Columbia, Canada as well as to Baja California, Mexico.[1][3] It grows to 2.8–5 inches.[4][3]

Description

The slimy snailfish's color varies from gray to brownish to red, and occasionally the fish has dark stripes.[3][4] Its dorsal fin has a lobe at the front.[4] The fish's gill slit extends to the front of the upper pectoral fin rays.[4] The dorsal and anal fins do not extend onto the caudal fins.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Liparis mucosus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. ↑ John E.sus Fitch; Robert J. Lavenberg. Deep-Water Teleostean Fishes of California. University of California Press. p. 144. GGKEY:8SEC4LN8T3G.
  3. 1 2 3 Daniel J. Miller; Robert N. Lea (1972). Guide to the Coastal Marine Fishes of California. UCANR Publications. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-931876-13-4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 William N. Eschmeyer; Earl S. Herald (4 August 1999). A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 193. ISBN 0-618-00212-X.


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