DeVries's Paraliparis Paraliparis devriesi

Paraliparis devriesi has been found in McMurdo Sound at 500-700 meters depth, where it lives on the seafloor (epibenthic) [1,2].



Specimens of Paraliparis devriesi have been collected up to nineteen centimeters long [1].



Paraliparis devriesi lacks a swim bladder, and maintains its neutral buoyancy through reduced skeletal ossification and a gelatinous subdermal material [2].




1: Review of the Snailfish Genus Paraliparis (Scorpaeniformes, Liparididae) of the Southern Ocean. AP Andriashev. Koenigstein : Koeltz Scientific Books, 1986; 2: Journal of Morphology 220:85-101, 1994

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