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Liparis tunicatus Reinhardt, 1836

Kelp snailfish
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Liparis: Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 620 m (Ref. 58426), usually 0 - 100 m (Ref. 9926). Polar; 84°N - 51°N, 180°W - 180°E

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Arctic to Northwest Atlantic: Bering Strait to Labrador in Canada. Also found in the estuary of the St. Lawrence River in Canada (Ref. 4926).

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 7251)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Commonly lives in large clusters of kelp (Ref. 7251). It prefers bottom types like pebbles, stones or boulders, mud and sand (Ref. 5951). Benthic species. Feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 58426); especially amphipods (Ref. 5951).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): -1.8 - 0.8, mean -1.2 °C (based on 6424 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00557 - 0.02258), b=3.07 (2.89 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Assuming tmax=3-10).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).