Notoliparis kermadecensis

Notoliparis kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Notoliparis
Species: N. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Notoliparis kermadecensis
(J. G. Nielsen, 1964)

Notoliparis kermadecensis is a species of snailfish (Liparidae) that lives in the deep sea. It was found at seven kilometres depth in the Kermadec Trench of the Southwest Pacific. The fish is up to ten inches long.

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