Liparidae

[lə′par·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

The equivalent name for Lymantriidae.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Liparidae

a family of fishes of the order Perciformes. The body is elongated and reaches 50 cm in length; in many species the body is laterally compressed. The skin is delicate, mobile, and usually naked; some species have small spines. The head is large, and the nose flat. In many Liparidae the ventral fins have evolved into a sucking disk; in deep-water species the disk is underdeveloped or absent. There are 16 genera (approximately 120 species), found primarily in the seas and oceans of the arctic and temperate zones of the northern hemisphere. In the USSR they inhabit the Baltic Sea, as well as Far Eastern and northern seas; they are found in shallow and extremely deep waters. The most common genus is Liparis, which dwells in shallow waters. Deep-water species belong to the genera Paraliparis and Care-proctus. Spawning occurs in winter. The eggs are deposited on colonies of hydroid polyps or, more rarely, on underground vegetation. Liparidae feed on invertebrates and small fishes.

References in periodicals archive

Temporarily named 'the pink, the blue and the purple Atacama Snailfish', the footage shows the fish feeding and interacting in their secret world 7,500 metres below the surface.

Three new species of fish discovered in extreme depths of Pacific Ocean

Buoyancy studies and microscopy of skin and subtermal extracellular matrix of the Antarctic snailfish, Paraliparis devriesi.

The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cyclopteridae and Liparidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kahe voldaselise (Teleostei, Cottiformes, Cyclopteridac ja Liparidae) vaikeste luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur

Dr Linley said: "There is something about the snailfish that allows them to adapt to living very deep, beyond the reach of other fish they are free of competitors and predators.

Discoveries of deep sea expedition

(1982) included Arctic lamprey, pond smelt, Hypomesus olidus; eulachon, capelin, five species of Pacific salmon, Pacific cod, walleye pollock, poachers, variegated snailfish, eelblenny, and Pacific sand lance.

Diet of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in Alaska from stomach contents, March-November

hershelinus (bartail snailfish), UAMZ6732 (three specimens), UAMZ5642 (three specimens).

The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cottidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kolme voldaseliste (Teleostei) perekonna luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur

2007 2008 Common name Scientific CPUE SD FO CPUE SD FO CPUE name Arctic cod Boreogadus 0.6 1.9 33 71.9 267.0 50 0.3 saida Slender Lumpenus 0.9 2.2 50 20.2 51.3 92 4.3 celbienny fabricii Unidentified Cottidae 3.5 3.0 83 8.2 17.6 67 3.0 sculpin Arctic Gymnocanthus 6.8 21.6 67 0.6 staghorn tricuspis sculpin Saffron cod Eleginus 0.3 1.2 25 0.3 gracilis Longhead dab Limanda 1.4 2.4 67 1.7 5.0 50 0.3 prohoscidea Unidentified Agonidae 2.8 4.0 67 poacher Unidentified Pleuronectidae 0.1 0.4 8 1.3 5.2 25 0.5 flatfish Atlantic Leptagonus 0.1 0.4 8 1.7 4.4 17 poacher decagonus Unidentified Liparidae 1.9 3.8 42 0.4 snailfish Shorthorn Myoxocephalus 0.1 0.4 8 1.7 4.4 50 0.2 sculpin scorpius Unidentified Ciadidae 0.6 2.0 25 0.9 cod Cape!

Nearshore fish assemblages of the northeastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska

Acantholiparis opercularis Gilbert and Burke 1912 --Spiny Snailfish (Fig.

Range extensions and significant distributional records for eighty-two species of fishes in Alaskan marine waters

In these extreme northern latitudes of Baffin Bay, bycatch consisted primarily of gelatinous snailfish (Liparis fabricii), Arctic skate (Raja hyperborea), and four-beard rockling (Gaidropsarus ensis).

Population genetics, life history, and ecology of Arctic marine fishes

Unidentified snailfish O Embiotocidae Rhacochilus vacca Pile Surfperch T Cymatogaster aggregata Shiner Surfperch R Phanerodon furcatus White Surfperch T Hyperprosopon argenteum Walleye Surfperch T Embiotoca lateralis Striped Surfperch R Clinidae Clinidae spp.

Ichthyological assemblage and variation in a northern California Zostera marina eelgrass bed

Arctic staghorn sculpin 1 (t) 2 (t) (Gymnocanthus tricuspis) (4) Arctic hookear sculpin 1 (t) 0 (0) (Artediellus uncinatus) (4) Cottid larvae 0 (0) 22 (0.1) Sturgeon poacher (Agonus 0 (0) 0 (0) acipenserinus) (4) Kelp snailfish (Liparis 10 (0.3) 1 (t) tunicatus) (4) Liparis sp.

Epipelagic fish community of Beaufort Sea coastal waters, Alaska