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Crystallias
Crystallias is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae. It only species, Crystallias matsushimae, the barred snailfish, is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, from the Sea of Japan and the Pacific coast of Honshu to the Bering Sea. It is found at depths of from 30 to 700 metres (98 to 2,297 ft). This species can grows up to a length of 38 centimetres (15 in) TL.
As for other snailfishes, Crystallias matsushimae inhabits the benthic zone, and attaches itself to rocks with fused, suction-cup-like pelvic fins while resting. At rest, this species typically curls the tail forwards.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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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 615862.