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				Teleostei (teleosts) > 
Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > 
Liparidae (Snailfishes)						
							
							Etymology: Paraliparis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, liparis = fat (Ref. 45335); haploporus: From the Greek haplos, single, and poros, hole, indicating the single chin pore (Ref. 90026).
More on author: Stein.						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range					
						Ecology					
				
				
				
					Marine;  demersal; depth range ? - 1990 m (Ref. 90026). Polar				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Southern Ocean: known only from the type, collected on the northwestern edge of Mawson Bank, Ross Sea, at 1954–1990 m depth (Ref. 90026).
				
				 
			
			
				
					Size / Weight / Age
				
				
				
					Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 8.8 cm SL (female)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics					
				
				
				
					Chin pore single, round. Teeth tiny, simple canines in oblique rows forming moderately wide bands in both jaws. V 75, P 22–23. Head short, HL 18% SL, HW 10% SL, 59% HL, eye not large, 16% HL. Radials 3 (2+0+1). Preanal fin length 33%, preanus length 16%, anus-anal fin distance 17% SL. Pectoral fin upper lobe about 93% HL. Body color probably dark brown (Ref. 90026).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
				
				
				
								
				
			
			 
				
				
				
					Stein, D.L., 2012. Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters. Zootaxa 3285:1-120. (Ref. 90026)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
					Human uses  				
				
				
					Fisheries: of no interest				
				
				
			
			
						
			
			
			
				
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					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Ref. 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00237 - 0.01161), b=3.15 (2.96 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Trophic level  (Ref. 
69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resilience  (Ref. 
120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 
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