Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)
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Paraliparis bathybius
photo by Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

 Family:  Liparidae (Snailfishes)
 Max. size:  25.3 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 20 - 4009 m
 Distribution:  Arctic to Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian Sea and Greenland; also Faroe Trough, north of Faroe Islands, east of Iceland, south of Jan Mayen Island and west of Bear Islands (Ref. 4702).
 Diagnosis:   
 Biology:  Occurs in deep, cold water (Ref. 4702). Maximum depth reported at 4009 m (Ref. 58426). Epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on pelagic amphipods, benthic gastropods, and mysids (Ref. 4702).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
 Country info:   
 

 Entered by: Dalsgaard, Anne Johanne Tang - 02.11.95
 Modified by: Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen - 10.08.07

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