Black seasnail
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. bathybius
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| Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)
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The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).[2][3][4][5]
Description[edit]
The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum 25 cm (9.8 in)), black and grey in colour, with large head, dorsal and anal fins that run the length of the body, and a much reduced caudal fin, although it has no adhesive disc, unlike other snailfish. The pectoral fins have two lobes, the lower having 3–4 rays.[6]
Habitat[edit]
The black seasnail is bathydemersal, living in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean at depths of 20–4,009 m (66–13,153 ft).[7][8][9][10]
Behaviour[edit]
It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids.[11] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Paraliparis bathybius - (Collett, 1879)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
- ^ Randall, David J. (July 15, 1969). Fish Physiology: The Physiology of polar fishes. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123504050 – via Google Books.
- ^ Syllogeus. National Museum of Natural Sciences. July 15, 1991. ISBN 9780660130538 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pfannkuche, Olaf; Lochte, Karin (July 15, 2000). "The Biogeochemistry of the Deep Arabian Sea". Pergamon – via Google Books.
- ^ "Black seasnail - Paraliparis Bathybius". www.arctic.uoguelph.ca.
- ^ Andrii︠a︡shev, A. P. (July 15, 1964). "Fishes of the Northern Seas of the U.S.S.R.: (Ryby Severnykh Morei SSSR)". Israel Program for Scientific Translations – via Google Books.
- ^ Britain), Natural Environment Research Council (Great (July 15, 1978). "Report of the Council for the Period ..." H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Paraliparis bthybius" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Paraliparis bathybius". species-identification.org.
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