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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Crystallichthys: Latin, cristallum = ice + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Camelia Iliana Nalbant is the wife of the senior author, Romanian ichthyologist Teodor T Nalbant (1933–2011). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Nalbant.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 300 m (Ref. 51661). Deep-water
North Pacific: Bering Sea, north of Near Island.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 50. This species is known only from the holotype and is characterized by the following: teeth is three-lobed; D 50; P 28; head depth 27.2% SL, body deep, 27.2% SL; eye small 23.8% HL; beginning of the anal fin located almost below of the dorsal fin (Ref. 132302).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chernova, N.V., D.L. Stein and A.P. Andriashev, 2004. Family Liparidae Scopoli 1777 snailfishes. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (31):72. (Ref. 51661)
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
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
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