Acantholiparis
Appearance
Acantholiparis | |
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Spiny snailfish (A. opercularis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Acantholiparis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 |
Type species | |
Acantholiparis opercularis Gilbert & Burke, 1912[1]
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Acantholiparis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belongong to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Species
[edit]Acantholiparis currently contains two recognized species:[2]
- Acantholiparis caecus Grinols, 1969 (blind snailfish)
- Acantholiparis opercularis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (spiny snailfish)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Liparidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acantholiparis". FishBase. December 2012 version.