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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

Genus: Paraliparis

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Paraliparis abyssorum Northeast Atlantic 11.3 SL 1997
Paraliparis acutidens Atlantic, Antartic 13.2 TL 2006
Paraliparis adustus Northwest Pacific 15 SL 2009
Paraliparis albeolus Northwest Pacific 1950
Paraliparis albescens Eastern Central Pacific 1915
Paraliparis alius Southern Ocean 33 TL 2012
Paraliparis amerismos Southern Ocean 3.6 TL 2012
Paraliparis andriashevi Southern Ocean 1989
Paraliparis antarcticus Southern Ocean 16.3 SL 1914
Paraliparis anthracinus Coalskin snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13.3 SL 2001
Paraliparis aspersus Southwest Atlantic 1992
Paraliparis ater Sooty snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 12.4 SL 2001
Paraliparis atramentatus Northwest Pacific 6.9 SL 1912
Paraliparis atrolabiatus Darklip snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 11.4 SL 2001
Paraliparis attenuatus Eastern Central Pacific 1899
Paraliparis auriculatus Smallcheek snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13.1 SL 2001
Paraliparis australiensis Australian snailfish Southeastern Indian Ocean 16.4 SL 2001
Paraliparis australis Southeast Atlantic 5 TL 1902
Paraliparis avellaneus Nutty snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13.2 SL 2001
Paraliparis badius Dark brown snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 8.2 SL 2001
Paraliparis balgueriasi Southern Ocean 12.6 TL 1999
Paraliparis bathybius Black seasnail Arctic to Northeast Atlan 25.3 SL 1879
Paraliparis bipolaris North Atlantic 9.2 SL 1997
Paraliparis brunneocaudatus Browntail snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 12.7 SL 2001
Paraliparis brunneus Brown snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15.1 SL 2001
Paraliparis bullacephalus Bubble-head snailfish Gulf of Alaska. 9.4 SL 2009
Paraliparis calidus Lowfin snailfish Western Atlantic 14.2 SL 1968
Paraliparis camilarus The holotype was captured 28.2 TL 2012
Paraliparis caninus Antarctica 31 TL 2011
Paraliparis carlbondi Southeastern Pacific 11 SL 2005
Paraliparis cephalus Swellhead snailfish North Pacific 8.4 SL 1892
Paraliparis cerasinus Southern Ocean 1986
Paraliparis challengeri Northeast Atlantic 1993
Paraliparis charcoti Southern Ocean 9.7 SL 1992
Paraliparis copei Blacksnout seasnail North Atlantic 22.5 TL 1896
Paraliparis coracinus Black snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 17 SL 2001
Paraliparis costatus Black ribbed snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 23.5 SL 2001
Paraliparis csiroi Loweye snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 16.3 SL 2001
Paraliparis dactyloides Northwest Pacific 1950
Paraliparis dactylosus Red snailfish North Pacific 12.1 SL 1896
Paraliparis darwini Southeast Pacific 13.1 TL 2002
Paraliparis deani Prickly snailfish Northeast Pacific 10 TL 1912
Paraliparis debueni Southeast Pacific 1986
Paraliparis delphis Dolphin snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 12.7 SL 2001
Paraliparis devriesi Southern Ocean 19.5 SL 1980
Paraliparis dewitti Brown ribbed snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 19.2 SL 2001
Paraliparis diploprora Southern Ocean 1986
Paraliparis dipterus Northwest Pacific 4.9 SL 1988
Paraliparis duhameli Southern Ocean 9.7 SL 1994
Paraliparis eastmani Thickskin snailfish Southwest Pacific 18.3 SL 2001
Paraliparis edwardsi Eastern Central Atlantic 8.2 SL 1888
Paraliparis ekaporus Southern Ocean 28.1 TL 2012
Paraliparis eltanini Southeast Pacific 1989
Paraliparis entochloris Northwest Pacific 8.7 SL 1912
Paraliparis epacrognathus Southern Ocean 28.1 TL 2012
Paraliparis exilis Southwest Pacific 12.9 SL 2012
Paraliparis fimbriatus Northeast Pacific 10.2 TL 1892
Paraliparis freeborni Southwest Pacific 11.8 SL 2012
Paraliparis fuscolingua Southern Ocean 1989
Paraliparis galapagosensis Southeast Pacific 10.4 TL 2002
Paraliparis garmani Pouty seasnail North Atlantic 14.2 NG 1912
Paraliparis gibbericeps Southern Ocean 13.1 SL 1982
Paraliparis gomoni Squarechin snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 11 SL 2001
Paraliparis gracilis Southern Ocean 12.5 TL 1930
Paraliparis grandis Northwest Pacific 38 SL 1950
Paraliparis haploporus Southern Ocean 8.8 SL 2012
Paraliparis hawaiiensis Eastern Central Pacific 15.1 TL 2014
Paraliparis hobarti Palepore snailfish Southeastern Indian Ocean 12.4 SL 2001
Paraliparis holomelas Ebony snailfish North Pacific 10 TL 1896
Paraliparis hubbsi Southwest Atlantic 1986
Paraliparis hureaui Southern Ocean 11.2 TL 1999
Paraliparis hystrix Atlantic Ocean 14 TL 1983
Paraliparis impariporus Unipore snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 16.2 SL 2001
Paraliparis incognita Southern Ocean 9 SL 1989
Paraliparis infeliciter Badluck snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15.3 SL 2001
Paraliparis kerguelensis Southern Ocean 22.1 TL 1982
Paraliparis kocki Atlantic, Antartic 27.7 SL 2006
Paraliparis kreffti Southern Ocean 1986
Paraliparis labiatus Biglip snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 15 SL 2001
Paraliparis lasti Rusty snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 18.5 SL 2001
Paraliparis latifrons Bigpored snailfish North Pacific 14.5 TL 1899
Paraliparis leobergi Southern Ocean 8 SL 1982
Paraliparis leucogaster Southeast Pacific 9.5 SL 1986
Paraliparis leucoglossus Southern Ocean 9.9 SL 1986
Paraliparis liparinus Northwest Atlantic 1881
Paraliparis longicaecus Southern Ocean 27.4 TL 2012
Paraliparis macrocephalus Southern Ocean 10.4 SL 2001
Paraliparis macropterus Southern Ocean 19.9 TL 2012
Paraliparis magnoculus Known from two Ross Sea l 18 OT 2012
Paraliparis mandibularis Northwest Pacific 10.7 SL 1985
Paraliparis mawsoni Southern Ocean 15.9 SL 1986
Paraliparis megalopus Northeast Pacific 15.2 SL 1978
Paraliparis meganchus Slit branchial paraliparis Southeast Pacific 21.7 SL 1982
Paraliparis melanobranchus North Pacific 7.6 SL 1912
Paraliparis membranaceus Southeast Pacific 6 SL 1887
Paraliparis mentikoilon Southern Ocean 26.2 TL 2012
Paraliparis mento Northeast Pacific 12 TL 1892
Paraliparis meridionalis Northwest Pacific 1985
Paraliparis merodontus Southeast Pacific 1991
Paraliparis mexicanus Eastern Central Pacific 16 SL 2006
Paraliparis molinai Southeast Pacific 1991
Paraliparis monoporus Southeast Pacific 23.6 SL 1979
Paraliparis murieli Mediterranean Sea 1984
Paraliparis nassarum Eastern Pacific 31.8 SL 1984
Paraliparis neelovi Southern Ocean 27 SL 1982
Paraliparis nigellus Northeast Atlantic 13.6 TL 2008
Paraliparis nigrolineatus Southern Ocean 10.7 TL 2012
Paraliparis nullansa Southern Ocean 29.8 TL 2012
Paraliparis obliquosus Southern Ocean 10.1 TL 2003
Paraliparis obtusirostris Bluntsnout snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13.7 SL 2001
Paraliparis operculosus Longeared snailfish Southern Ocean 12.6 TL 1979
Paraliparis orbitalis Southern Ocean 21.5 TL 2012
Paraliparis orcadensis Southern Ocean 2000
Paraliparis parviradialis Southern Ocean 28.2 TL 2012
Paraliparis paucidens Toothless snailfish Northeast Pacific 16.4 SL 1978
Paraliparis pearcyi Southwest Pacific 11.7 SL 2012
Paraliparis pectoralis North Pacific 21.8 SL 1978
Paraliparis penicillus Comet snailfish Northeast Pacific 7.7 SL 2010
Paraliparis piceus Tarred snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 14.9 SL 2001
Paraliparis plagiostomus Sharkmouth snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 13.7 SL 2001
Paraliparis plicatus Southern Ocean 28.6 TL 2012
Paraliparis porcus Atlantic, Antarctic 8.5 SL 2006
Paraliparis posteroporus Southern Ocean 24 TL 2012
Paraliparis pseudokreffti Southwest Pacific 12.8 SL 2012
Paraliparis retrodorsalis Shortfin snailfish Southeastern Indian Ocean 14.5 SL 2001
Paraliparis rosaceus Pink snailfish North Pacific 40 SL 1890
Paraliparis rossi Southern Ocean 11 SL 2001
Paraliparis ruficometes Long-tailed snailfsh Northwest Pacific 8.0 SL 2018
Paraliparis skeliphrus Southeastern Pacific 7.1 SL 2005
Paraliparis somovi Southeast Pacific 20.7 SL 1979
Paraliparis stehmanni Southern Ocean 19.5 SL 1986
Paraliparis tangaroa Southern Ocean 13.3 OT 2012
Paraliparis tasmaniensis Tasmanian snailfish Eastern Indian Ocean 20.1 SL 2001
Paraliparis tetrapteryx Southern Ocean 14.2 SL 1979
Paraliparis thalassobathyalis Southern Ocean. Three su 13.5 SL 1982
Paraliparis tompkinsae Southern Ocean 1992
Paraliparis trilobodon Southern Ocean 10.4 SL 1979
Paraliparis trunovi Southern Ocean 1986
Paraliparis ulochir Broadfin snailfish Northeast Pacific 10.2 SL 1896
Paraliparis vaillanti Northwestern Atlantic 10.8 SL 2004
Paraliparis valentinae Southern Ocean 24 SL 1984
Paraliparis variabilidens Variable-toothed snailfish Northwest Pacific 5.2 SL 2019
Paraliparis violaceus Arctic 14.4 SL 1991
Paraliparis vipera Antarctica 3.7 TL 2011
Paraliparis voroninorum Southern Ocean 31.8 TL 2012
Paraliparis wilsoni Eastern Atlantic 26 SL 1966
Paraliparis wolffi Antarctic, Indian Ocean 12.1 SL 2007



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