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Striped Seasnail

Liparis liparis

Classification

Family
Liparidae

Liparis liparis, the common seasnail, striped seasnail or seasnail, is a small species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes, in the order Scorpaeniformes, the scorpionfishes and flatheads. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed. Taxonomy Liparis liparis was first formally described in 1766 as Cyclopterus liparis by Carl Linnaeus with its type locality given as the North Sea off County Durham in England.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 195Belgium · 89United Kingdom · 46Germany · 17France · 2