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Online Publication Date: 17 Dec 2010

A New Species of the Snailfish Genus Paraliparis (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Eastern Bering Sea

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DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-228
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Abstract

A new species of the liparid genus Paraliparis is described from the eastern Bering Sea. Paraliparis penicillus, new species, described from six specimens, differs from its North Pacific congeners in having the following combination of characters: deep, rounded head; simple teeth; high tooth-row count; triangular opercular flap directed posterodorsally; gill slit located entirely above pectoral fin or reaching to rays 3–4; low lower pectoral-fin-lobe ray count; black peritoneum; pale stomach; absence of prickles on skin. Specimens were collected from depths of 722–1003 m during bottom trawling operations.

Copyright: 2010 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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Paraliparis penicillus, new species, holotype, 73.7 mm SL, female, UW 119193.

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(A) Pectoral girdle of Paraliparis penicillus, new species, paratype, 70.0 mm SL, UW 117235, scale bar  =  2 mm, right lateral view. (B) Teeth of paratype, scale bar  =  0.01 mm. Illustration prepared by senior author.

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Distribution of Paraliparis penicillus, new species, in the eastern Bering Sea based on all known material. Collection locality of holotype is represented by starred symbol. Bottom contours illustrated are 200 and 1000 m.

Contributor Notes

1 Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, New York 10024-5192; E-mail: zbaldwin@amnh.org
2 NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, RACE Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115; E-mail: James.Orr@noaa.gov. Send reprint requests to this address.

Associate Editor: D. Buth.

Received: 18 Dec 2009
Accepted: 12 Jul 2010
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