Liparis callyodon

Liparis callyodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Liparis
Species: L. callyodon
Binomial name
Liparis callyodon
Pallas, 1814[1]

Liparis callyodon, or the spotted snailfish and by one source the beautiful tooth seasnail,[2] is a fish from the genus Liparis.[1] It lives in marine and demersal environments at a depth range from zero to twenty meters.[1] It can be found at temperate climate zones, such as the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska, USA to Oregon, USA, in intertidal zones (tide pools).[1] The name callyodon comes from the Greek word meaning "beautiful tooth".[2] Pallas chose this name after the species' tricuspid teeth.[2]

Description

The fish grows to a total length of 12.7 centimeters.[1] It neither has dorsal spines nor anal spines.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Liparis callyodon" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  2. 1 2 3 Trevor Kincaid (1919). An Annotated List of Puget Sound Fishes. F.M. Lamborn, Public Printer. p. 37.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, August 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.