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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Liparis: Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335); rutteri: Named after C. Rutter, of the U.S. Fish Commission (Ref. 6885).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 73 m (Ref. 2850). Temperate, preferred ?
North Pacific: known only from the Bering Sea, the northern Gulf of Alaska (Kodiak) and southeastern Alaska (Yakutat). Records from further south must be considered highly doubtful, especially if specimens measure greater than 6 or 7 cm.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50520)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 32-33;
Anal
spines: 0;
Anal
soft rays: 23 - 26;
Vertebrae: 37 - 38. A small (less than 70 mm SL) species; caudal fin rays 11-12, pyloric caeca 18-31; body slender, maximum depth 14.6-24.1% SL; disk length 53.7-70.8% HL; skin lax and wrinkled, relatively thin, fragile; prickles present in both sexes at least during spawning; males with elongate, thickened, deeply incised anterior dorsal fin rays (Ref. 50520).
Occurs from intertidal areas to 73 m depth (Ref. 2850).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Stein, D.L., C.E. Bond and D. Misitano, 2003. Liparis adiastolus (Teleostei, Liparidae): a new snailfish species from the littoral zone of the northeastern Pacific, and redescription of Liparis rutteri (Gilbert and Snyder, 1898). Copeia 2003(4):818-823. (Ref. 50520)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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