Fish Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Paraliparis brunneus	Brown snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	15.1 SL	2001
Paraliparis bullacephalus	Bubble-head snailfish	Gulf of Alaska.	9.4 SL	2009
Paraliparis calidus	Lowfin snailfish	Western Atlantic	14.2 SL	1968
Paraliparis camilarus		The holotype was captured	28.2 TL	2012
Paraliparis caninus		Antarctica	31 TL	2011
Paraliparis carlbondi		Southeastern Pacific	11 SL	2005
Paraliparis cephalus	Swellhead snailfish	North Pacific	8.4 SL	1892
Paraliparis cerasinus		Southern Ocean		1986
Paraliparis challengeri		Northeast Atlantic		1993
Paraliparis charcoti		Southern Ocean	9.7 SL	1992
Paraliparis copei	Blacksnout seasnail	North Atlantic	22.5 TL	1896
Paraliparis coracinus	Black snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	17 SL	2001
Paraliparis costatus	Black ribbed snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	23.5 SL	2001
Paraliparis csiroi	Loweye snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	16.3 SL	2001
Paraliparis dactyloides		Northwest Pacific		1950
Paraliparis dactylosus	Red snailfish	North Pacific	12.1 SL	1896
Paraliparis darwini		Southeast Pacific	13.1 TL	2002
Paraliparis deani	Prickly snailfish	Northeast Pacific	10 TL	1912
Paraliparis debueni		Southeast Pacific		1986
Paraliparis delphis	Dolphin snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	12.7 SL	2001
Paraliparis devriesi		Southern Ocean	19.5 SL	1980
Paraliparis dewitti	Brown ribbed snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	19.2 SL	2001
Paraliparis diploprora		Southern Ocean		1986
Paraliparis dipterus		Northwest Pacific	4.9 SL	1988
Paraliparis duhameli		Southern Ocean	9.7 SL	1994
Paraliparis eastmani	Thickskin snailfish	Southwest Pacific	18.3 SL	2001
Paraliparis edwardsi		Eastern Central Atlantic	8.2 SL	1888
Paraliparis ekaporus		Southern Ocean	28.1 TL	2012
Paraliparis eltanini		Southeast Pacific		1989
Paraliparis entochloris		Northwest Pacific	8.7 SL	1912
Paraliparis epacrognathus		Southern Ocean	28.1 TL	2012
Paraliparis exilis		Southwest Pacific	12.9 SL	2012
Paraliparis fimbriatus		Northeast Pacific	10.2 TL	1892
Paraliparis freeborni		Southwest Pacific	11.8 SL	2012
Paraliparis fuscolingua		Southern Ocean		1989
Paraliparis galapagosensis		Southeast Pacific	10.4 TL	2002
Paraliparis garmani	Pouty seasnail	North Atlantic	14.2 NG	1912
Paraliparis gibbericeps		Southern Ocean	13.1 SL	1982
Paraliparis gomoni	Squarechin snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	11 SL	2001
Paraliparis gracilis		Southern Ocean	12.5 TL	1930
Paraliparis grandis		Northwest Pacific	38 SL	1950
Paraliparis haploporus		Southern Ocean	8.8 SL	2012
Paraliparis hawaiiensis		Eastern Central Pacific	15.1 TL	2014
Paraliparis hobarti	Palepore snailfish	Southeastern Indian Ocean	12.4 SL	2001
Paraliparis holomelas	Ebony snailfish	North Pacific	10 TL	1896
Paraliparis hubbsi		Southwest Atlantic		1986
Paraliparis hureaui		Southern Ocean	11.2 TL	1999
Paraliparis hystrix		Atlantic Ocean	14 TL	1983
Paraliparis impariporus	Unipore snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	16.2 SL	2001
Paraliparis incognita		Southern Ocean	9 SL	1989
Paraliparis infeliciter	Badluck snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	15.3 SL	2001
Paraliparis kerguelensis		Southern Ocean	22.1 TL	1982
Paraliparis kocki		Atlantic, Antartic	27.7 SL	2006
Paraliparis kreffti		Southern Ocean		1986
Paraliparis labiatus	Biglip snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	15 SL	2001
Paraliparis lasti	Rusty snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	18.5 SL	2001
Paraliparis latifrons	Bigpored snailfish	North Pacific	14.5 TL	1899
Paraliparis leobergi		Southern Ocean	8 SL	1982
Paraliparis leucogaster		Southeast Pacific	9.5 SL	1986
Paraliparis leucoglossus		Southern Ocean	9.9 SL	1986
Paraliparis liparinus		Northwest Atlantic		1881
Paraliparis longicaecus		Southern Ocean	27.4 TL	2012
Paraliparis macrocephalus		Southern Ocean	10.4 SL	2001
Paraliparis macropterus		Southern Ocean	19.9 TL	2012
Paraliparis magnoculus		Known from two Ross Sea l	18 OT	2012
Paraliparis mandibularis		Northwest Pacific	10.7 SL	1985
Paraliparis mawsoni		Southern Ocean	15.9 SL	1986
Paraliparis megalopus		Northeast Pacific	15.2 SL	1978
Paraliparis meganchus	Slit branchial paraliparis	Southeast Pacific	21.7 SL	1982
Paraliparis melanobranchus		North Pacific	7.6 SL	1912
Paraliparis membranaceus		Southeast Pacific	6 SL	1887
Paraliparis mentikoilon		Southern Ocean	26.2 TL	2012
Paraliparis mento		Northeast Pacific	12 TL	1892
Paraliparis meridionalis		Northwest Pacific		1985
Paraliparis merodontus		Southeast Pacific		1991
Paraliparis mexicanus		Eastern Central Pacific	16 SL	2006
Paraliparis molinai		Southeast Pacific		1991
Paraliparis monoporus		Southeast Pacific	23.6 SL	1979
Paraliparis murieli		Mediterranean Sea		1984
Paraliparis nassarum		Eastern Pacific	31.8 SL	1984
Paraliparis neelovi		Southern Ocean	27 SL	1982
Paraliparis nigellus		Northeast Atlantic	13.6 TL	2008
Paraliparis nigrolineatus		Southern Ocean	10.7 TL	2012
Paraliparis nullansa		Southern Ocean	29.8 TL	2012
Paraliparis obliquosus		Southern Ocean	10.1 TL	2003
Paraliparis obtusirostris	Bluntsnout snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	13.7 SL	2001
Paraliparis operculosus	Longeared snailfish	Southern Ocean	12.6 TL	1979
Paraliparis orbitalis		Southern Ocean	21.5 TL	2012
Paraliparis orcadensis		Southern Ocean		2000
Paraliparis parviradialis		Southern Ocean	28.2 TL	2012
Paraliparis paucidens	Toothless snailfish	Northeast Pacific	16.4 SL	1978
Paraliparis pearcyi		Southwest Pacific	11.7 SL	2012
Paraliparis pectoralis		North Pacific	21.8 SL	1978
Paraliparis penicillus	Comet snailfish	Northeast Pacific	7.7 SL	2010
Paraliparis piceus	Tarred snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	14.9 SL	2001
Paraliparis plagiostomus	Sharkmouth snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	13.7 SL	2001
Paraliparis plicatus		Southern Ocean	28.6 TL	2012
Paraliparis porcus		Atlantic, Antarctic	8.5 SL	2006
Paraliparis posteroporus		Southern Ocean	24 TL	2012
Paraliparis pseudokreffti		Southwest Pacific	12.8 SL	2012
Paraliparis retrodorsalis	Shortfin snailfish	Southeastern Indian Ocean	14.5 SL	2001
Paraliparis rosaceus	Pink snailfish	North Pacific	40 SL	1890
Paraliparis rossi		Southern Ocean	11 SL	2001
Paraliparis ruficometes	Long-tailed snailfsh	Northwest Pacific	8.0 SL	2018
Paraliparis skeliphrus		Southeastern Pacific	7.1 SL	2005
Paraliparis somovi		Southeast Pacific	20.7 SL	1979
Paraliparis stehmanni		Southern Ocean	19.5 SL	1986
Paraliparis tangaroa		Southern Ocean	13.3 OT	2012
Paraliparis tasmaniensis	Tasmanian snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	20.1 SL	2001
Paraliparis tetrapteryx		Southern Ocean	14.2 SL	1979
Paraliparis thalassobathyalis		Southern Ocean. Three su	13.5 SL	1982
Paraliparis tompkinsae		Southern Ocean		1992
Paraliparis trilobodon		Southern Ocean	10.4 SL	1979
Paraliparis trunovi		Southern Ocean		1986
Paraliparis ulochir	Broadfin snailfish	Northeast Pacific	10.2 SL	1896
Paraliparis vaillanti		Northwestern Atlantic	10.8 SL	2004
Paraliparis valentinae		Southern Ocean	24 SL	1984
Paraliparis variabilidens	Variable-toothed snailfish	Northwest Pacific	5.2 SL	2019
Paraliparis violaceus		Arctic	14.4 SL	1991
Paraliparis vipera		Antarctica	3.7 TL	2011
Paraliparis voroninorum		Southern Ocean	31.8 TL	2012
Paraliparis wilsoni		Eastern Atlantic	26 SL	1966
Paraliparis wolffi		Antarctic, Indian Ocean	12.1 SL	2007
Polypera simushirae		Northwest Pacific	77 TL	1912
Praematoliparis anarthractae		Southeast Pacific		1989
Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis	Wrinkle-jaw snailfish	Northeast Pacific	8.8 SL	2001
Psednos andriashevi	Andriashev's dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.3 SL	2001
Psednos anoderkes		Eastern Pacific	2.7 SL	2002
Psednos argyrogaster		Southwest Pacific	7.4 TL	2012
Psednos balushkini	Palemouth snailfish	Southwest Pacific	8.4 SL	2001
Psednos barnardi	Blackchin dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	3.4 SL	2001
Psednos carolinae		Indian Ocean	3.9 SL	2005
Psednos cathetostomus		Eastern Pacific	4.3 SL	2002
Psednos chathami		Southwest Pacific	8.7 SL	2012
Psednos christinae	European dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic		1992
Psednos cryptocaeca		Southwest Pacific	9.6 SL	2012
Psednos delawarei		Northwest Atlantic	3.5 SL	2002
Psednos dentatus		Southeast Pacific	6.3 TL	2002
Psednos gelatinosus	Gelatinous dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	6.5 TL	2001
Psednos griseus		Eastern Pacific	3.7 SL	2002
Psednos groenlandicus	Greenland dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	5.3 SL	2001
Psednos harteli	Hartel's dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL	2001
Psednos islandicus		Northeast Atlantic	4.6 TL	2002
Psednos longiventris		Southwest Pacific	7.7 SL	2012
Psednos melanocephalus		Northwest Atlantic	4.8 SL	2002
Psednos mexicanus		Eastern Central Pacific	5.9 TL	2002
Psednos microps	Smalleye dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	1.8 SL	2001
Psednos microstomus		Southwest Pacific	3.4 SL	2012
Psednos micruroides	Multipore dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	3.1 SL	2001
Psednos micrurus	Barnard's dwarf snailfish	Atlantic Ocean	4.5 SL	1927
Psednos mirabilis	Marvelous dwarf snailfish	Northwest Atlantic	2.8 SL	2001
Psednos nataliae	Darkgill snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.9 SL	2001
Psednos nemnezi		Southwest Pacific	9 SL	2012
Psednos pallidus		Eastern Central Pacific	7.1 TL	2002
Psednos platyoperculosus		Southwest Pacific	9.8 SL	2012
Psednos rossi		North Western Atlantic	3.7 SL	2004
Psednos sargassicus	Sargasso dwarf snailfish	Northeast Atlantic	5.2 SL	2001
Psednos spirohira		Northeast Atlantic	3.9 SL	2002
Psednos steini	Stein's dwarf snailfish	Western Indian Ocean	3.7 SL	2001
Psednos struthersi		Southwest Pacific	4.8 SL	2012
Psednos whitleyi	Bigcheek snailfish	Eastern Indian Ocean	9.1 SL	2001
Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis		Northwest Pacific	23.8 TL	1955
Pseudoliparis belyaevi		Northwest Pacific	10.8 SL	1993
Pseudoliparis swirei	Mariana snailfish	Western Central Pacific	22.6 SL	2017
Pseudonotoliparis rassi	Rass' snailfish	Northwest Pacific	8.8 SL	1991
Rhinoliparis attenuatus	Slim snailfish	North Pacific	11 SL	1912
Rhinoliparis barbulifer	Longnose snailfish	North Pacific	8.8 SL	1896
Rhodichthys melanocephalus	Blackhead strainer snailfish	Arctic Ocean	12.5 SL	2011
Rhodichthys regina	Threadfin seasnail	Arctic to Northeast Atlan	31 SL	1879
Squaloliparis dentatus		Northwest Pacific	45 FL	1988
Temnocora candida	Bigeye snailfish	North Pacific	10.6 SL	1912
Volodichthys herwigi		Southwest Atlantic		1991
Volodichthys parini		Southeast Pacific	20.3 SL	1990
Volodichthys smirnovi		Southwest Atlantic		1991
Volodichthys solovjevae		Southern Ocean	34.3 SL	2012

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Liparidae Snailfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

(See list of species below)