Big-disc snailfish

Squaloliparis dentatus

Liparid Fish beneath Japanese Waters

Big-disc snailfish is known from Northwest Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in deep water.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Squaloliparis
Maximum length: 45 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: off Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido, Japan and off western coast of Kamchatka.

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