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Sea Snail
Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Also calledDennik (pol) · Finnebræmmet Ringbug (dan) · Gewone slakdolf (nld) · Grosser Scheibenbauch (deu) · Großer Scheibenbauch (deu) · Ieir Môr Llysnafeddog (cym) · Imukala (fin) · Limace barrée (fra) · Limace de mer (fra) · Peixe-caracol-do-Atlântico (por) · Plūkšņzivs (lav) · Ringbuk (swe) · Ringbuker (nor) · Slakdolf (nld)
First described in: Linnaeus, Carolus. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. I, No. 1, Edito duodecima, reformata: 1-532.
Liparis liparis, the common seasnail, striped seasnail or seasnail, is a small species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes, in the order Scorpaeniformes, the scorpionfishes and flatheads. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed.
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Description
Liparis liparis is an unusual-looking fish with a large head and front part of the body and a laterally compressed posterior part of the body and large fringing fins. Its length is generally between 8 and 14 cm (3.1 and 5.5 in). The bony head has two pairs of nostrils on the snout. The pectoral fins are very large and unite beneath the body. The pelvic fins take the form of a large sucking disc located between the pectorals. The dorsal fin has 27 to 36 soft rays and both it and the anal fins overlap the caudal fin. The skin is slimy and lacks scales.
Range & habitat
Liparis liparis is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean as far east as the Barents Sea, Novaya Zemlya, Spitsbergen and Bear Island and as far south as the British Isles. It is also present in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, the waters around Iceland and Greenland and as far west as the Gulf of Maine. Its depth range is from 5 m (16 ft) to 300 m (984 ft) and it lives near the seabed in inshore waters.
In human culture
Liparis liparis is a tautonym with liparis meaning "sleek-skinned" in Greek, an allusion to the smooth skin of this fish, lacking scales.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Liparis liparis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5712338.