gelatinous seasnail

Liparis fabricii

Brown skin covers black peritoneum

Circumpolar Arctic
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
North America
Polar regions
Fusiform
Medium

Liparis fabricii, commonly known as the gelatinous seasnail or gelatinous snailfish, is a benthopelagic species of snailfish from the Arctic Ocean. It has a tadpole-like body with a maximum length of about 20 cm (7.9 in). It is brown to black in coloration with a distinctive dark peritoneum.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Liparis
Maximum length: 21 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Atlantic: Canada, Greenland, Svalbard and the northern Barents Sea. Arctic Ocean: Beloye More (Ref. 9926 ), northern seas of the former USSR, the coasts of Siberia and Arctic Alaska and Canada.

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