spiny snailfish

Acantholiparis opercularis

Seven centimeters of snailfish down to three thousand meters

spiny snailfish is a marine fish from roughly 3,600 meters deep. At only about seven centimeters long, it is a miniature resident of the abyss.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Acantholiparis
Maximum length: 6.9 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: North Pacific: Kamchatka to below the Gulf of Alaska and southward to central Oregon, USA.

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