Pygmy snailfish
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| Genus: | Lipariscus C. H. Gilbert, 1915
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| Species: | L. nanus
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| Lipariscus nanus C. H. Gilbert, 1915
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Lipariscus nanus, the pygmy snailfish, is a species of snailfish native to the northern Pacific Ocean where it occurs in deep waters down to 910 metres (2,990 ft). The range is broad, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk (off Hokkaido) north to the western Bering Sea, and from Monterey Bay, California, north to the Gulf of Alaska. This species grows to a length of 6.3 centimetres (2.5 in) SL in males and to 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL in females. It is the only known member of its genus.[1]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lipariscus nanus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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