The snailfishes or sea snails are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, which is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.
Notoliparis is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fishes are found in deep Oceanic trenches in the South Atlantic South Pacific and Southern Oceans.
Liparis fabricii, commonly known as the gelatinous seasnail or gelatinous snailfish, is a benthopelagic species of snailfish from the Arctic Ocean. It has a tadpole-like body with a maximum length of about 20 cm (7.9 in). It is brown to black in coloration with a distinctive dark peritoneum. It preys on small crustaceans and marine worms. It is not commercially important, though it is a valuable food source for predatory fish and seabirds in the Arctic region.
Liparis liparis, the common seasnail, striped seasnail or seasnail, is a small species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes, in the order Scorpaeniformes, the scorpionfishes and flatheads. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed.
Allocareproctus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fish are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
The hardhead snailfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean where a single specimen was collected in June 2000 from near the Aleutian Islands at a depth of 285 m (935 ft). The length of the fish was 3.3 cm (1.3 in) SL. This species is the only member of the monospecific genus Lopholiparis. The specific name honors the collector of the holotype, William C. Flerx of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Liparis atlanticus, the Atlantic snailfish or Atlantic seasnail, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. This species is found in the western Atlantic Ocean off the eastern coast of North America.
Liparis agassizii, in one instance called "agassiz's snailfish", is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It lives in the North Pacific Ocean at a depth range between zero and one hundred meters. 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.
Psednos struthersi is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Psednos whitleyi, the bigcheek snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Psednos nataliae is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paraliparis tangaroa is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean.
Paraliparis voroninorum is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean.
Paraliparis freeborni is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Paraliparis csiroi, the loweye snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paraliparis dewitti, the brown ribbed snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paraliparis eastmani, the thickskin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Southwest Pacific Ocean.
Paraliparis lasti, the rusty snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paraliparis gomoni, the squarechin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.
Paraliparis kocki is a species of snailfish found in the Southern Ocean.
