Liparis inquilinus
Inquiline Snailfish
NS
G5
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Scorpaeniformes (Lionfish, Stonefish and others)
Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Liparis
Liparis inquilinus (Inquiline Snailfish)
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated.
Distribution
Northwest Atlantic: Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada and Georges Bank to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA.
Habitat Associations
Marine. demersal. depth range 3-97 m.
Biology
Lives in the mantle cavity of the scallop, Placopecten magellanicus (Ref. 51661). Benthic species (Ref. 5951).
Max length: 7.1 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.). Resilience: High (K=2.78).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott (1988) Atlantic fishes of Canada. Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 219:731 p.
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Opitz, S. (1996) Trophic interactions in Caribbean coral reefs. ICLARM Tech. Rep. 43, 341 p.
Chernova, N.V., D.L. Stein and A.P. Andriashev (2004) Family Liparidae Scopoli 1777 snailfishes. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (31):72.
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