Fish Identification: Find Species

Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
2001	Paraliparis csiroi	Loweye snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	16.3 SL
1950	Paraliparis dactyloides		Northwest Pacific
1896	Paraliparis dactylosus	Red snailfish	North Pacific	12.1 SL
2002	Paraliparis darwini		Southeast Pacific	13.1 TL
1912	Paraliparis deani	Prickly snailfish	Northeast Pacific	10 TL
1986	Paraliparis debueni		Southeast Pacific
2001	Paraliparis delphis	Dolphin snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	12.7 SL
1980	Paraliparis devriesi		Southern Ocean	19.5 SL
2001	Paraliparis dewitti	Brown ribbed snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	19.2 SL
1986	Paraliparis diploprora		Southern Ocean
1988	Paraliparis dipterus		Northwest Pacific	4.9 SL
1994	Paraliparis duhameli		Southern Ocean
2001	Paraliparis eastmani	Thickskin snailfish	Southwest Pacific	18.3 SL
1888	Paraliparis edwardsi		Eastern Central Atlantic	8.2 SL
2012	Paraliparis ekaporus		Southern Ocean	28.1 TL
1989	Paraliparis eltanini		Southeast Pacific
1912	Paraliparis entochloris		Northwest Pacific	8.7 SL
2012	Paraliparis epacrognathus		Southern Ocean	28.1 TL
2012	Paraliparis exilis		Southwest Pacific	12.9 SL
1892	Paraliparis fimbriatus		Northeast Pacific
2012	Paraliparis freeborni		Southwest Pacific	11.8 SL
1989	Paraliparis fuscolingua		Southern Ocean
2002	Paraliparis galapagosensis		Southeast Pacific	10.4 TL
1912	Paraliparis garmani	Pouty seasnail	North Atlantic	14.2 NG
2001	Paraliparis gomoni	Squarechin snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	11 SL
1930	Paraliparis gracilis		Southern Ocean	12.5 TL
1950	Paraliparis grandis		Northwest Pacific	38 SL
2012	Paraliparis haploporus		Southern Ocean	8.8 SL
2014	Paraliparis hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific	15.1 TL
2001	Paraliparis hobarti	Palepore snailfish	Southeastern Indian Ocean	12.4 SL
1896	Paraliparis holomelas	Ebony snailfish	North Pacific	9.5 TL
1986	Paraliparis hubbsi		Southwest Atlantic
1999	Paraliparis hureaui		Southern Ocean	11.2 TL
1983	Paraliparis hystrix		Atlantic Ocean
2001	Paraliparis impariporus	Unipore snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	16.2 SL
1989	Paraliparis incognita		Southern Ocean	9 SL
2001	Paraliparis infeliciter	Badluck snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	15.3 SL
2006	Paraliparis kocki		Atlantic, Antartic	27.7 SL
1986	Paraliparis kreffti		Southern Ocean
2001	Paraliparis labiatus	Biglip snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	15 SL
2001	Paraliparis lasti	Rusty snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	18.5 SL
1899	Paraliparis latifrons	Bigpored snailfish	North Pacific	14.5 TL
1982	Paraliparis leobergi		Southern Ocean	8 SL
1986	Paraliparis leucogaster		Southeast Pacific	9.5 SL
1986	Paraliparis leucoglossus		Southern Ocean	9.9 SL
1881	Paraliparis liparinus		Northwest Atlantic
2012	Paraliparis longicaecus		Southern Ocean	27.4 TL
2001	Paraliparis macrocephalus		Southern Ocean	10.4 SL
2012	Paraliparis macropterus		Southern Ocean	19.9 TL
2012	Paraliparis magnoculus		Known from two Ross Sea l	18 OT
1985	Paraliparis mandibularis		Northwest Pacific	10.7 SL
1986	Paraliparis mawsoni		Southern Ocean	15.9 SL
1978	Paraliparis megalopus		Northeast Pacific	15.2 SL
1982	Paraliparis meganchus	Slit branchial paraliparis	Southeast Pacific	21.7 SL
1912	Paraliparis melanobranchus		North Pacific	7.6 SL
1887	Paraliparis membranaceus		Southeast Pacific	6 SL
2012	Paraliparis mentikoilon		Southern Ocean	26.2 TL
1892	Paraliparis mento		Northeast Pacific	12 TL
1985	Paraliparis meridionalis		Northwest Pacific
1991	Paraliparis merodontus		Southeast Pacific
2006	Paraliparis mexicanus		Eastern Central Pacific	16 SL
1991	Paraliparis molinai		Southeast Pacific
1979	Paraliparis monoporus		Southeast Pacific	23.6 SL
1984	Paraliparis murieli		Mediterranean Sea
1984	Paraliparis nassarum		Eastern Pacific	31.8 SL
1982	Paraliparis neelovi		Southern Ocean	27 SL
2008	Paraliparis nigellus		Northeast Atlantic	13.6 TL
2012	Paraliparis nigrolineatus		Southern Ocean	10.7 TL
2012	Paraliparis nullansa		Southern Ocean	29.8 TL
2003	Paraliparis obliquosus		Southern Ocean	10.1 TL
2001	Paraliparis obtusirostris	Bluntsnout snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	13.7 SL
1979	Paraliparis operculosus	Longeared snailfish	Southern Ocean	13 SL
2012	Paraliparis orbitalis		Southern Ocean	21.5 TL
2000	Paraliparis orcadensis		Southern Ocean
2012	Paraliparis parviradialis		Southern Ocean	28.2 TL
1978	Paraliparis paucidens	Toothless snailfish	Northeast Pacific	16.4 SL
2012	Paraliparis pearcyi		Southwest Pacific	11.7 SL
1978	Paraliparis pectoralis		North Pacific	21.8 SL
2010	Paraliparis penicillus	Comet snailfish	Northeast Pacific	7.7 SL
2001	Paraliparis piceus	Tarred snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	14.9 SL
2001	Paraliparis plagiostomus	Sharkmouth snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	13.7 SL
2012	Paraliparis plicatus		Southern Ocean	28.6 TL
2006	Paraliparis porcus		Atlantic, Antarctic	8.5 SL
2012	Paraliparis posteroporus		Southern Ocean	24 TL
2012	Paraliparis pseudokreffti		Southwest Pacific	12.8 SL
2001	Paraliparis retrodorsalis	Shortfin snailfish	Southeastern Indian Ocean	14.5 SL
1890	Paraliparis rosaceus	Pink snailfish	North Pacific	40 SL
2001	Paraliparis rossi		Southern Ocean	11 SL
2005	Paraliparis skeliphrus		Southeastern Pacific	7.1 SL
1979	Paraliparis somovi		Southeast Pacific	20.7 SL
1986	Paraliparis stehmanni		Southern Ocean	19.5 SL
2012	Paraliparis tangaroa		Southern Ocean	13.3 OT
2001	Paraliparis tasmaniensis	Tasmanian snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	20.1 SL
1979	Paraliparis tetrapteryx		Southern Ocean	14.2 SL
1982	Paraliparis thalassobathyalis		Southern Ocean. Three su	13.5 SL
1992	Paraliparis tompkinsae		Southern Ocean
1979	Paraliparis trilobodon		Southern Ocean	10.4 SL
1986	Paraliparis trunovi		Southern Ocean
1896	Paraliparis ulochir	Broadfin snailfish	Northeast Pacific	10.2 SL
2004	Paraliparis vaillanti		Northwestern Atlantic	10.8 SL
1984	Paraliparis valentinae		Southern Ocean	24 SL
1991	Paraliparis violaceus		Arctic	14.4 SL
2011	Paraliparis vipera		Antarctica	3.7 TL
2012	Paraliparis voroninorum		Southern Ocean	31.8 TL
2007	Paraliparis wolffi		Antarctic, Indian Ocean	12.1 SL
1895	Polypera greeni	Lobefin snailfish	Pacific Ocean	31 TL
1912	Polypera simushirae		Northwest Pacific	77 TL
1989	Praematoliparis anarthractae		Southeast Pacific
2001	Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis	Wrinkle-jaw snailfish	Northeast Pacific	8.8 SL
2001	Psednos andriashevi	Andriashev's dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.3 SL
2002	Psednos anoderkes		Eastern Pacific	2.7 SL
2012	Psednos argyrogaster		Southwest Pacific	7.4 TL
2001	Psednos balushkini	Palemouth snailfish	Southwest Pacific	8.4 SL
2001	Psednos barnardi	Blackchin dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	3.4 SL
2005	Psednos carolinae		Indian Ocean	3.9 SL
2002	Psednos cathetostomus		Eastern Pacific	4.3 SL
2012	Psednos chathami		Southwest Pacific	8.7 SL
1992	Psednos christinae	European dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic
2012	Psednos cryptocaeca		Southwest Pacific	9.6 SL
2002	Psednos delawarei		Northwest Atlantic	3.5 SL
2002	Psednos dentatus		Southeast Pacific	6.3 TL
2001	Psednos gelatinosus	Gelatinous dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	3 SL
2002	Psednos griseus		Eastern Pacific	3.7 SL
2001	Psednos groenlandicus	Greenland dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	5.3 SL
2001	Psednos harteli	Hartel's dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL
2002	Psednos islandicus		Northeast Atlantic	4.6 TL
2012	Psednos longiventris		Southwest Pacific	7.7 SL
2002	Psednos melanocephalus		Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL
2002	Psednos mexicanus		Eastern Central Pacific	5.9 TL
2001	Psednos microps	Smalleye dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	1.8 SL
2012	Psednos microstomus		Southwest Pacific	3.4 SL
2001	Psednos micruroides	Multipore dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	3.1 SL
1927	Psednos micrurus	Barnard's dwarf snailfish	Atlantic Ocean	4.5 SL
2001	Psednos mirabilis	Marvelous dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	2.8 SL
2001	Psednos nataliae	Darkgill snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.9 SL
2012	Psednos nemnezi		Southwest Pacific	9 SL
2002	Psednos pallidus		Eastern Central Pacific	7.1 TL
2012	Psednos platyoperculosus		Southwest Pacific	9.8 SL
2004	Psednos rossi		North Western Atlantic	3.7 SL
2001	Psednos sargassicus	Sargasso dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.2 SL
2002	Psednos spirohira		Northeast Atlantic	3.9 SL
2001	Psednos steini	Stein's dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	3.7 SL
2012	Psednos struthersi		Southwest Pacific	4.8 SL
2001	Psednos whitleyi	Bigcheek snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.1 SL
1955	Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis		Northwest Pacific	23.8 TL
1993	Pseudoliparis belyaevi		Northwest Pacific	10.8 SL
1991	Pseudonotoliparis rassi	Rass' snailfish	Northwest Pacific	8.8 SL
1912	Rhinoliparis attenuatus	Slim snailfish	North Pacific	11 SL
1896	Rhinoliparis barbulifer	Longnose snailfish	North Pacific	8.8 SL
2011	Rhodichthys melanocephalus	Blackhead strainer snailfish	Arctic Ocean	12.5 SL
1879	Rhodichthys regina	Threadfin seasnail	Arctic to Northeast Atlan	31 SL
1988	Squaloliparis dentatus		Northwest Pacific	45 FL
1912	Temnocora candida	Bigeye snailfish	North Pacific	10.6 SL
1991	Volodichthys herwigi		Southwest Atlantic
1990	Volodichthys parini		Southeast Pacific	20.3 SL
1991	Volodichthys smirnovi		Southwest Atlantic
2012	Volodichthys solovjevae		Southern Ocean	34.3 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Liparidae Snailfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

(See list of species below)