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Okhotsk snailfish

Liparis ochotensis

Classification

Family
Liparidae

The snailfishes or sea snails, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, a family classified within the order Scorpaeniformes. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera and about 410 described species, but there are also many undescribed species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 5