Black seasnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Paraliparis
Species:
P. bathybius
Binomial name
Paraliparis bathybius
(Collett, 1879)
Synonyms[1]

The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius) is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).[2][3][4][5]

Description

Drawing by R. Mintern, 1887

The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum 25 cm (9.8 in)), black and grey in colour, with large head, dorsal and anal fins that run the length of the body, and a much reduced caudal fin, although it has no adhesive disc, unlike other snailfish. The pectoral fins have two lobes, the lower having 3–4 rays.[6]

Habitat

The black seasnail is bathydemersal, living in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean at depths of 20–4,009 m (66–13,153 ft).[7][8][9][10]

Behaviour

It feeds on amphipods, gastropods and mysids.[11] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter.[12]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. "Paraliparis bathybius - (Collett, 1879)". eunis.eea.europa.eu.
  3. Randall, David J. (July 15, 1969). Fish Physiology: The Physiology of polar fishes. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123504050 via Google Books.
  4. Syllogeus. National Museum of Natural Sciences. July 15, 1991. ISBN 9780660130538 via Google Books.
  5. Pfannkuche, Olaf; Lochte, Karin (July 15, 2000). "The Biogeochemistry of the Deep Arabian Sea". Pergamon via Google Books.
  6. "Black seasnail - Paraliparis Bathybius". www.arctic.uoguelph.ca.
  7. Andrii︠a︡shev, A. P. (July 15, 1964). "Fishes of the Northern Seas of the U.S.S.R.: (Ryby Severnykh Morei SSSR)". Israel Program for Scientific Translations via Google Books.
  8. Britain), Natural Environment Research Council (Great (July 15, 1978). "Report of the Council for the Period ..." H.M. Stationery Office via Google Books.
  9. "Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.gbif.org.
  10. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Paraliparis bthybius" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  11. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)". www.marinespecies.org.
  12. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Paraliparis bathybius". species-identification.org.


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