FB-70666 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70666 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Lophiiformes Gigantactinidae Gigantactis Gigantactis paresca Rickle, 2024 Blue Atacama snailfish 2024-07-25 2024-07-25 Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson0 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 This species is distinguished by the following characters: absence of a ventral disk and pseudobranch; with a single pair of nostrils; single suprabranchial pore present; no coronal pore; branchiostegal rays 6; lower pectoral fin lobe does not form a single filament; hypural plate not divided and is fused with the terminal vertebral column; head lacks barbels or head flaps; differs from its congeners by having a high number of vertebrae 65, abdominal vertebrae 12; D 60; A 52; caudal fin rays 8; low number of pectoral fin rays 18 which forms a deep notch with two widely spaced non-rudimentary rays; mouth horizontal; jaw teeth simple and not uniserial.Colouration: in life, blue-black anteriorly becoming pale posteriorly, blue pigment becoming dusky when preserved, peritoneum black (Ref. 130189). Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson 2022 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189) FB-Morphology-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 Dorsal soft rays (total): 60; Analsoft rays: 52; Vertebrae: 65 Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson 2022 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189) FB-Distribution-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 Southeastern Pacific: Atacama Trench. Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson 2022 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189) FB-Uses-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 7.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130189)) Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson 2022 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70676 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-08-01 00:00:00 2024-08-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70676 demersal; marine; depth range 5913 - 7616 m (Ref. 130189) Linley, T.D., M.E. Gerringer, H. Ritchie, J.N.J. Weston, A. Scott-Murray, V. Fernandez, J. Canto-Hernández, F. Wenzhöfer, R.N. Glud and A.J. Jamieson 2022 Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by <i>Paraliparis selti</i> sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Mar. Biodiv. 52(56). (Ref. 130189)