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Species of fish
The black seasnail (Paraliparis bathybius ) is a
species of fish in the family
Liparidae (snailfish).
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Description
Drawing by R. Mintern, 1887
The black seasnail has a long and tapering body (maximum 25 cm (9.8 in)), black and grey in colour, with large head,
dorsal and
anal fins that run the length of the body, and a much reduced
caudal fin , although it has no adhesive disc, unlike other snailfish. The
pectoral fins have two lobes, the lower having 3–4 rays.
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Habitat
The black seasnail is
bathydemersal , living in the
Arctic Ocean and
North Atlantic Ocean at depths of 20–4,009 m (66–13,153 ft).
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Behaviour
It feeds on
amphipods ,
gastropods and
mysids .
[11] It spawns in summer, producing up to 400 eggs up to 4.5 mm (0.18 in) in diameter.
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References
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"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)" . www.marinespecies.org .
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"Paraliparis bathybius - (Collett, 1879)" . eunis.eea.europa.eu .
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Fish Physiology: The Physiology of polar fishes . Academic Press.
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9780123504050 – via Google Books.
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Syllogeus . National Museum of Natural Sciences. July 15, 1991.
ISBN
9780660130538 – via Google Books.
^ Pfannkuche, Olaf; Lochte, Karin (July 15, 2000).
"The Biogeochemistry of the Deep Arabian Sea" . Pergamon – via Google Books.
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"Black seasnail - Paraliparis Bathybius" . www.arctic.uoguelph.ca .
^ Andrii︠a︡shev, A. P. (July 15, 1964).
"Fishes of the Northern Seas of the U.S.S.R.: (Ryby Severnykh Morei SSSR)" . Israel Program for Scientific Translations – via Google Books.
^ Britain), Natural Environment Research Council (Great (July 15, 1978).
"Report of the Council for the Period ..." H.M. Stationery Office – via Google Books.
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"Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)" . www.gbif.org .
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023).
"Paraliparis bthybius " in
FishBase . February 2023 version.
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"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis bathybius (Collett, 1879)" . www.marinespecies.org .
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"Marine Species Identification Portal : Paraliparis bathybius" . species-identification.org .