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Snailfishes
Liparidae
The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a family of scorpaeniform marine fishes.
31 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 461 known species

Liparis
genusLiparis

Careproctus
genusCareproctus

Paraliparis
genusParaliparis

Abyssal Snailfishes
genusBathyphasma

Tadpole Snailfishes
genusNectoliparis

Dwarf Snailfishes
genusPsednos

Rhodichthys
genusRhodichthys

Tiger Snailfishes
genusCrystallias

Crystallichthys
genusCrystallichthys
Prognatholiparis
genusPrognatholiparis
Eutelichthys
genusEutelichthys
Rhinoliparis
genusRhinoliparis
Acantholiparis
genusAcantholiparis

Elassodiscus
genusElassodiscus
Osteodiscus
genusOsteodiscus

Polypera
genusPolypera
Praematoliparis
genusPraematoliparis
Pseudonotoliparis
genusPseudonotoliparis
Squaloliparis
genusSqualoliparis
Volodichthys
genusVolodichthys
Aetheliparis
genusAetheliparis
Allocareproctus
genusAllocareproctus
Eknomoliparis
genusEknomoliparis
Genioliparis
genusGenioliparis
Gyrinichthys
genusGyrinichthys
Menziesichthys
genusMenziesichthys
Palmoliparis
genusPalmoliparis
Allinectes
genusAllinectes
Pygmy Snailfishes
genusLipariscus
Hardhead Snailfishes
genusLopholiparis

Pseudoliparis
genusPseudoliparis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 49032.