Liparis (fish)

This article is about the fish genus. For other uses, see Liparis.

Liparis is a large genus of snailfish from the northern hemisphere. They are very common in temperate and cold waters. Chernova (2008) has proposed that the genus should be subdivided into five subgenera: Liparis, Neoliparis, Lycocara, Careliparis, and Lyoliparis.^[3]

Purity snailfish (Liparis catharus)

Festive snailfish (Liparis marmoratus)

Liparis
The gelatinous seasnail (Liparis fabricii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Liparis Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Cyclopterus liparis Linnaeus, 1766
Species
See text.
Synonyms[1][2]
Cyclogaster Gronow, 1763 Lycocara Gill, 1884 Neoliparis Steindachner, 1875 Massaria Gistel, 1848 Lyoliparis Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Careliparis Garman, 1892 Actinochir Gill, 1864 Trismegistus Jordan & Snyder, 1904

The generic name is from Ancient Greek λιπαρός (liparos, "oily").^[4]

Species

There are currently 60 recognized species in this genus:^[5]

• Liparis adiastolus Stein, C. E. Bond & Misitano, 2003
• Liparis agassizii Putnam, 1874
• Liparis alboventer (Krasyukova, 1984)
• Liparis antarcticus Putnam, 1874
• Liparis atlanticus (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898) (Atlantic seasnail)
• Liparis barbatus Ekström (sv), 1832 (Common sea-snail)^[6]
• Liparis bikunin Matsubara & Iwai, 1954
• Liparis brashnikovi Soldatov, 1930
• Liparis bristolensis (Burke, 1912)
• Liparis burkei (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1914)
• Liparis callyodon (Pallas, 1814) (Spotted snailfish)
• Liparis catharus K. D. Vogt, 1973 (Purity snailfish)
• Liparis chefuensis H. W. Wu & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1933
• Liparis coheni Able, 1976 (Gulf snailfish)
• Liparis curilensis (C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
• Liparis cyclopus Günther, 1861 (Ribbon snailfish)
• Liparis dennyi D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895 (Marbled snailfish)
• Liparis dubius Soldatov, 1930
• Liparis dulkeiti Soldatov, 1930
• Liparis eos Krasyukova, 1984
• Liparis fabricii Krøyer, 1847 (Gelatinous snailfish)
• Liparis fishelsoni J. L. B. Smith, 1967
• Liparis florae (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Tidepool snailfish)
• Liparis frenatus (C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
• Liparis fucensis C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Slipskin snailfish)
• Liparis gibbus T. H. Bean, 1881 (Variegated snailfish)
• Liparis grebnitzkii (P. J. Schmidt, 1904)
• Liparis greeni (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895) (Lobefin snailfish)
• Liparis inquilinus Able, 1973 (Inquiline snailfish)
• Liparis kusnetzovi Taranetz, 1935
• Liparis kussakini Pinchuk, 1976
• Liparis latifrons P. Y. Schmidt, 1950
• Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Striped seasnail)
• Liparis maculatus Krasyukova, 1984
• Liparis marmoratus P. Y. Schmidt, 1950 (Festive snailfish)
• Liparis mednius (Soldatov, 1930)
• Liparis megacephalus (Burke, 1912)
• Liparis micraspidophorus (C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
• Liparis miostomus Matsubara & Iwai, 1954
• Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804) (Montagu's seasnail)
• Liparis mucosus Ayres, 1855 (Slimy snailfish)
• Liparis newmani Cohen, 1960
• Liparis ochotensis P. J. Schmidt, 1904
• Liparis owstoni (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1904)
• Liparis petschiliensis (Rendahl (de), 1926)
• Liparis pravdini P. Y. Schmidt, 1951
• Liparis pulchellus Ayres, 1855 (Showy snailfish)
• Liparis punctatus P. Y. Schmidt, 1950
• Liparis punctulatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1916)
• Liparis rhodosoma Burke, 1930
• Liparis rotundirostris Krasyukova, 1984
• Liparis rutteri (C. H. Gilbert & Snyder, 1898) (Ringtail snailfish)
• Liparis schantarensis (Lindberg & Dulkeit, 1929) (Shantar snailfish)
• Liparis schmidti Lindberg & Krasyukova, 1987
• Liparis tanakae (C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912) (Tanaka's snailfish)
• Liparis tartaricus Soldatov, 1930
• Liparis tessellatus (C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
• Liparis tunicatiformis Krasyukova, 1984
• Liparis tunicatus J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1836 (Kelp snailfish)
• Liparis zonatus Chernova, Stein & Andriashev, 2004