Prognatholiparis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Liparidae
- Genus
- Prognatholiparis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Prognatholiparis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prognatholiparis
Prognatholiparis, is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. It only species is Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis, the wrinkle-jaw snailfish, which is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from near Seguam Island in the Aleutian Islands. It occurs at a depth of around 455 metres (1,493 ft). This species grows to a length of 8.8 centimetres (3.5 in) SL.
...Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acantholiparis
- Aetheliparis
- Allocareproctus
- Bathyphasma
- Careproctus
- Crystallias
- Crystallichthys
- Eknomoliparis
- Elassodiscus
- Eutelichthys
- Genioliparis
- Gyrinichthys
- Liparis
- Lipariscus
- Lopholiparis
- Menziesichthys
- Nectoliparis
- Notoliparis
- Osteodiscus
- Palmoliparis
- Paraliparis
- Polypera
- Praematoliparis
- Prognatholiparis
- Psednos
- Pseudoliparis
- Pseudonotoliparis
- Rhinoliparis
- Rhodichthys
- Squaloliparis
- Temnocora
- Volodichthys