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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Paraliparis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, liparis = fat (Ref. 45335); darwini: Named for Charles Darwin..
More on authors: Stein & Chernova.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 637 m (Ref. 44775). Deep-water

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Southeast Pacific: Galapagos Islands.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.1 cm TL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 58; Anal soft rays: 53; Vertebrae: 66. Teeth on lower jaw blunt canines; cross section oval. Upper jaw toothless. Chin gelatinous; chin-pore pair on anterior rather than ventral surface. Head length 21.8% SL; width 65% and depth 84% its length. Upper jaw 44% HL. Body depth at anal-fin origin 22.1. Lower pectoral-fin lobe 65% length of upper lobe. Pyloric caeca 10. Pectoral-fin rays 23 (upper lobe 15 + notch rays 2 + lower 6). Vertebrae 66. Caudal-fin rays 8. Radials of pectoral girdle 4 (3 + 1), round (Ref. 44775).

Collected from a gently sloping, sand bottom using rotenone and a suction collector (Ref. 44775).

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Stein, D.L. and N.V. Chernova, 2002. First records of snailfishes (Pisces: Liparidae) from the Galapagos islands, with descriptions of two new species, Paraliparis darwini and Paraliparis galapagosensis. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 53(11):151-160. (Ref. 44775)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 15 September 2022

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00237 - 0.01161), b=3.15 (2.96 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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