Paraliparis membranaceus
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Paraliparis membranaceus is a species of snailfish
only known from a single specimen of 57 mm standard length collected in Sarmiento Channel
in the fjord
lands of southern Chile
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This species is similar to Paraliparis molinai but differs in details of dentition and pectoral fin shape.
Snailfish
Snailfish are scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Liparidae. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans including the northern Pacific, the snailfish family contains 30 genera and 361 species. They are closely related to the sculpins of the family Cottidae and the lumpfish of the...
only known from a single specimen of 57 mm standard length collected in Sarmiento Channel
Sarmiento Channel
Sarmiento Channel is a principal Patagonia channel, which extends in a north-south direction. It is the southward continuation of the Angostura Guía and is located in Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region...
in the fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
lands of southern Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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This species is similar to Paraliparis molinai but differs in details of dentition and pectoral fin shape.