Notoliparis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fishes are found in deep Oceanic trenches in the South Atlantic South Pacific and Southern Oceans.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Notoliparis Andriashev, 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Notoliparis kurchatovi Andriashev, 1975[1]
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Taxonomy
editNotoliparis was first proposed as a genus in 1975 by the Soviet ichthyologist Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev when he described Notoliparis kurchatovi from off the South Orkney Islands which he also designated as the type species of the new genus.[1][2] The genus is classified within the family Liparidae.[1]
Etymology
editNotoliparis prefixes the type genus of the family Liparidae with notos which means "south", referring to the distribution of the species belonging to this genus in the Southern Hemisphere.[3]
Species
editThere are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Notoliparis antonbruuni Stein, 2005 (Anton Bruun's snailfish)
- Notoliparis kermadecensis (J. G. Nielsen, 1964)[5] (Kermadec snailfish)
- Notoliparis kurchatovi Andriashev, 1975 (Kurchatov's snailfish)
- Notoliparis macquariensis Andriashev, 1978 (Macquarie snailfish)
- Notoliparis stewarti Stein, 2016 (Stewart's snailfish) [5]
Characteristics
editNotoliparis snailfishes are characterised by the possession of an unpaired coronal pore in the sensory canal of the head, paired postcoronal pores and 4 pairs of pores in the temporal region. There is a single pair of nostrils and the small teeth are simple. They also have very small eyes. The gill openings sit wholly above the pectoral fins which have unincised fin rays. The pectoral fins are modifies to create a sucker.[6] The single unique feature of this genus within the Liparidae is the existence of small canals, called canalculi, behind each cephalic pore.[5]
Distribution and habitat
editNotoliparis snailfishes are hadal, being found in deep oceanic trenches with each known species being found in different trenches, N. antonbrunni is only known from off Peru, N. kermadecensis and N. stewarti from the Kermadec Trench, N. macquariensis from the Macquarie-Hjort Trench, south of the Macquarie Plateau and N. kurchatovi from the South Orkney Trench in the Scotia Sea.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Notoliparis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (4 October 2022). "Order Perciformes (part 22): Suborder Cottoidei: Infraorder Cottales: Family Liparidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Notoliparis". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ a b c d Stein, D.L. (2016). "Description of a New Hadal Notoliparis from the Kermadec Trench, New Zealand, and Redescription of Notoliparis kermadecensis (Nielsen) (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes)". Copeia. 104 (4): 907–920.
- ^ D. L. Stein and A. P. Andriashev (1990). "Liparidae Snailfishes". In O. Gon and P.C. Heemstra (eds.). Fishes of the Southern Ocean. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. ISBN 9780868102115.