Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 16 m (Ref. 50550). Polar
Northwest Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40963); 6.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 33 - 35; Anal soft rays: 26 - 28; Vertebrae: 39 - 40. Anterior portion of dorsal fin comblike with tips of the first 5-7 dorsal fin rays free from membrane at their distal ends one-half to two-thirds length of ray in both males and females. Caudal fin 14-18 with 11 principal rays. Head depressed (depth 67% HL) and wide (wide 1.4 depth). Small mouth with cleft extending to vertical below nostril. Small eyes, 14.5% HL. Short gill slit, 1.7 time eye diameter; extending ventrally in front of pectoral fin ray 1 or 2. Widely-spaced chin pores. Body not humpbacked, with nearly horizontal dorsal profile. The dorsal and anal fins overlap caudal fin 1/6 to 1/5 of its length. Peritoneum pale (Ref. 40963).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chernova, N.V., 2008. Systematics and phylogeny of fish of the genus Liparis (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes). J. Ichthyol. 48(10):831-852. (Ref. 79981)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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