Lipariscus nanus Gilbert 1915

Dataset
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Actinopterygii: order
Scorpaeniformes: family
Liparidae: genus
Lipariscus: species
Lipariscus nanus

description

Pygmy Snailfish. To 7.1 cm (2.8 in) SL (Kido 1993). Southern Sea of Okhotsk off Hokkaido, vicinity of Commander Islands, and western Bering Sea; along Aleutian Islands from Unimak Pass to Rat Islands (Maslenikov et al. 2013), eastern Bering Sea to Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Monterey Bay, central California (Stein 1978). Depth: 58 – 910 m (190 – 2,985 ft) (min.: Gilbert 1915; max.: Kido 1988). A specimen (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington, UW 117779), originally identified as this species, and both larger and deeper than previous maxima, is Rhinoliparis attenuatus Burke, 1912 (Katherine Maslenikov).

Name

Homonyms: Lipariscus nanus Gilbert 1915