Snailfish

The snailfishes or sea snails are a family of marine ray-finned fishes. These fishes make up the Liparidae, which is classified within the order Scorpaeniformes.

Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera and about 410 described species, but there are also many undescribed species. Snailfish species can be found in depths ranging from shallow coastal waters to more than 8,300 m (27,200 ft), and species of the Liparid family have been found in seven ocean trenches.

Genera

This family contains these genera as of 2020:

Acantholiparis Gilbert & Burke, 1912

Aetheliparis Stein, 2012

Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov, 1993

Careproctus Krøyer, 1862

Crystallias Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Crystallichthys Jordan & Gilbert, 1898

Eknomoliparis Stein, Meléndez C. & Kong U., 1991

Elassodiscus Gilbert & Burke, 1912

Eutelichthys Tortonese, 1959

Genioliparis Andriashev & Neyelov, 1976

Gyrinichthys Gilbert, 1896

Liparis Scopoli, 1777

Lipariscus Gilbert, 1915

Lopholiparis Orr, 2004

Menziesichthys Nalbant & Mayer, 1971

Nectoliparis Gilbert & Burke, 1912

Notoliparis Andriashev, 1975

Osteodiscus Stein, 1978

Palmoliparis Balushkin, 1996

Paraliparis Collett, 1879

Polypera Burke, 1912

Praematoliparis Andriashev, 2003

Prognatholiparis Orr & Busby, 2001

Psednos Barnard, 1927

Pseudoliparis Andriashev, 1955

Pseudonotoliparis Pitruk, 1991

Rhinoliparis Gilbert, 1896

Rhodichthys Collett, 1879

Squaloliparis Pitruk & Fedorov, 1993

Temnocora Burke, 1930

Volodichthys Balushkin, 2012