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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Liparis: Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Colonel George Montagu (1751–1815) was a soldier and natural history writer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 51661). Temperate; 77°N - 48°N, 25°W - 45°E
Northeast Atlantic: North Sea, around the British Isles, Norwegian Sea, southwestern Barents Sea and around southern Iceland.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106276)
No overlap of dorsal and caudal fins, but rarely overlapping anal and caudal fins (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs from intertidal to 30 m, often under stones or clinging to algae. Feeds primarily on crustaceans; gammarid amphipods in intertidal; shrimps and small crabs in subtidal areas. Spawns in winter; young are also found in the Wadden sea (Ref. 35388).
Eggs are deposited on algae or polyp colonies.
Wheeler, A., 1992. A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(suppl.A):1-37. (Ref. 5204)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.8 - 12.3, mean 10.1 °C (based on 433 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00397 - 0.01320), b=3.18 (3.01 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.57 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=793).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 110 [52, 239] mg/100g; Iron = 0.527 [0.253, 1.028] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [15.6, 18.5] %; Omega3 = 0.601 [0.242, 1.734] g/100g; Selenium = 10.5 [4.6, 26.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.8 [5.2, 70.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.799 [0.537, 1.196] mg/100g (wet weight);
