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Paraliparis hystrix
Paraliparis hystrix is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).
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Description
Paraliparis hystrix is up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long. It is white in colour with a black belly and tail. Its specific name is from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hystrix), meaning "bristly". It has no common name in English, but is known in Danish as mørkhalet dybhavsringbug, "dark-tailed deep-sea seasnail".
Range & habitat
Paraliparis hystrix lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and in Canada's arctic waters off the Davis Strait. It is benthic and bathydemersal, living at 250–1,150 m (820–3,770 ft).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 446352.