Liparis agassizii

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Liparis agassizii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Liparis
Species:
L. agassizii
Binomial name
Liparis agassizii
Putnam, 1874 [1]


Liparis agassizii, in one instance called "Agassiz's snailfish", [2] is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. [1] It lives in the North Pacific Ocean at a depth range between zero and one hundred meters. [1] The fish may especially be found from the Iwate Prefecture to Hokkaido, off the coast of Primorskiy, off the western and southeastern coast of Sakhalin, and in the southern Kuril Islands. [1]

The specific epithet agassizii honours Louis Agassiz.

Description

The fish's body may be brown, gray, or blackish, with either a striped, speckled, mottled, or plain pattern. [1] It grows to a maximum length of 44 cm (TL). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Liparis agassizii". FishBase . November 2014 version.
  2. M. Sakaguchi (18 May 2004). More Efficient Utilization of Fish and Fisheries Products. Elsevier. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-08-053699-6.