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Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Striped seasnail
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Liparis: Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 3 - 78 m (Ref. 51661). Temperate; 81°N - 48°N, 25°W - 62°E

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Northeast Atlantic: southern Norway north to Barents Sea including Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen and Bear Island, also Iceland.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4645)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Suction disc much larger than the eye diameter. Dorsal and anal fins overlap with the caudal fin. Two nostrils on each side of the snout (Ref. 35388).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs from the subtidal zone to less than 300 m (Ref. 4702). Feeds primarily on crustaceans, occasionally fishes and polychaetes (Ref. 4702). Spawns in the winter (Ref. 35388).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Perlmutter, A., 1961. Guide to marine fishes. Bramhall House, New York. 431 p. (Ref. 169)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 October 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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