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Crystallichthys cyclospilus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 Blotched snailfish |
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photo by
Sarah Friedman / NOAA |
| Family: | Liparidae (Snailfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 26 cm TL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 53 - 830 m | |||
| Distribution: | North Pacific: Okhotsk Sea, southern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska south of Shumagin Islands. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 48-50. This species is known only from the holotype and is characterized by the following: teeth ithree-lobed; pupil horizontally elliptical;D 48-50; disc 43% HL (Ref. 132302). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||