Paraliparis is a genus of fish in the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It is found in benthic, benthopelagic and pelagic habitats in all the world's oceans.

Paraliparis
Paraliparis antarcticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Collett, 1879
Type species
Liparis bathybii
Collett, 1879
Synonyms

Paraliparis species have one pair of nostrils and lack a pseudobranch or ventral suction disc.[1]

The generic name means "resembling Liparis."[2]

Species

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There are currently 143 recognized species in this genus:[3][4]

References

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"Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

  1. ^ Paraliparis at Marine Species Identification Portal
  2. ^ "Paraliparis hystrix". www.fishbase.se.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraliparis". FishBase. December 2014 version.
  4. ^ a b Stein, D.L. & Drazen, J.C. (2014): Paraliparis hawaiiensis, a new species of snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) and the first described from the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Fish Biology, 84 (5): 1519–1526.
  5. ^ a b c d Chernova, N.V. (2006). "New and rare snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with the description of four new species from the Southern Hemisphere and tropical east Pacific". Journal of Ichthyology. 46 (Supplement 1): 1–14. doi:10.1134/s0032945206100018. hdl:1834/17070. S2CID 10286241.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Stein, D.L. (2012): Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters. Zootaxa, 3285: 1–120.
  7. ^ a b Chernova, N.V.; V.G. Prut'ko (2011). "Two new species of Paraliparis (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Ross Sea (Antarctica)". Journal of Ichthyology. 51 (5): 363–372. doi:10.1134/s0032945211030015. S2CID 38976003.
  8. ^ a b c d Stein, D.L. (2012): A Review of the Snailfishes (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) of New Zealand, Including Descriptions of a New Genus and Sixteen New Species. Zootaxa, 3588: 1–54.
  9. ^ Murasaki K, Takami M, Fukui A (January 2019). "Paraliparis ruficometes sp. nov. (Liparidae), a new snailfish from Suruga Trough, Japan". Ichthyological Research. 6 (1): 122. doi:10.1007/s10228-018-0656-1. S2CID 52052300.
  10. ^ Duhamel, Guy; Nicola King (2007). "Deep-sea snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) of genera Careproctus and Paraliparis from the Crozet Basin (Southern Ocean)" (PDF). Cybium. 31 (3): 379–387. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-07-12.