Liparis montagui, Montagus seasnail

Liparis montagui (Donovan, 1804)

Montagus seasnail
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > 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

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Northeast Atlantic: North Sea, around the British Isles, Norwegian Sea, southwestern Barents Sea and around southern Iceland.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106276)

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No overlap of dorsal and caudal fins, but rarely overlapping anal and caudal fins (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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).

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Eggs are deposited on algae or polyp colonies.

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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 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 October 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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