Liparis tunicatus
Liparis tunicatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Liparidae |
Genus: | Liparis |
Species: | L. tunicatus |
Binomial name | |
Liparis tunicatus J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1836[1] | |
Liparis tunicatus, or the kelp snailfish, is a fish from the genus Liparis.[1] It can be found in marine, demersal, and brackish water environments at a depth range from zero to six hundred twenty meters.[1] The kelp snailfish lives in the Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean among kelp.[1] A bottom feeder, it eats crustaceans.[1]
Description
The fish grows to a maximum length of sixteen centimeters (in total length).[1] It has small dark spots and can have pale stripes.[2] Liparis tunicatus has a small gill opening.[2]
References
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