Black seasnail

Black seasnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. bathybius
Binomial name
Paraliparis bathybius
(Collett, 1879)
Synonyms[1]

The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).[2][3][4][5]

Description

Drawing by R. Mintern, 1887

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

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

It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids.[1] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ "Paraliparis bathybius - (Collett, 1879)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  3. ^ Randall, David J. (July 15, 1969). Fish Physiology: The Physiology of polar fishes. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123504050 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Syllogeus. National Museum of Natural Sciences. July 15, 1991. ISBN 9780660130538 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Pfannkuche, Olaf; Lochte, Karin (July 15, 2000). The Biogeochemistry of the Deep Arabian Sea. Pergamon – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Black seasnail - Paraliparis Bathybius". www.arctic.uoguelph.ca.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Britain), Natural Environment Research Council (Great (July 15, 1978). Report of the Council for the Period ... H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  10. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paraliparis bthybius". FishBase. February 2023 version.
  11. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Paraliparis bathybius". species-identification.org.


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