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Liparis adiastolus Stein, Bond & Misitano, 2003

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Washington to off northern California (Ref. 50520). Museum: NMFS Dock, Hammond, Oregon, CAS 216746 (holotype, male, 127 mm SL) (Ref. 50520).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Stein, D.L., C.E. Bond and D. Misitano, 2003
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Liparis: Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335);  adiastolus: From the Greek adiastolos, meaning not separated, in reference to the long-standing confusion of this new species with L. rutteri (Ref. 50520).
  More on authors: Stein, Bond & Misitano.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 10 m (Ref. 51661).   Temperate

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Northeast Pacific: USA, probably ranging northward to southeastern Alaska.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.7 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 50520)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 30 - 33; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 25 - 26; Vértebra: 35 - 39. Caudal fin rays 10-13, pyloric caeca 41-70; disk 67-77% HL, gill opening 24.4-35.7% HL, pale ring at caudal fin base (Ref. 50520). Caudal fin emarginate (Ref. 50520).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow water and estuaries (Ref. 50520).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

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Stein, D.L., C.E. Bond and D. Misitano, 2003. Liparis adiastolus (Teleostei, Liparidae): a new snailfish species from the littoral zone of the northeastern Pacific, and redescription of Liparis rutteri (Gilbert and Snyder, 1898). Copeia 2003(4):818-823. (Ref. 50520)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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