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snailfish
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snailfish [ˈsneɪlˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for sea snail
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Noun1.snailfish - small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a suckersnailfish - small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker; related to lumpfish
Liparis liparis, sea snail, seasnail
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish - fishes having the head armored with bony plates
genus Liparis, Liparis - type genus of the Liparididae: snailfishes
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The liparid genus Psednos Barnard 1927 is a group of meso- and bathypelagic snailfishes distinguished from the genus Paraliparis by having the infra-orbital canal of the cephalosensory system interrupted behind the eye and usually having a pronounced dorsal curvature of the spine, producing a "humpbacked" body.
A remarkable new species of Psednos (Teleostei: Liparidae) from the ... by Chernova, Natalia V.; Stein, David L. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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