Acantholiparis
Appearance
Acantholiparis | |
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Spiny snailfish (A. opercularis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Acantholiparis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 |
Acantholiparis is a genus of snailfishes native to the northern Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Acantholiparis caecus Grinols, 1969 (blind snailfish)
- Acantholiparis opercularis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (spiny snailfish)
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acantholiparis". FishBase. December 2012 version.