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Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis

Fish

Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, the hadal snailfish, is a fish in the family Liparidae, originally described by Andriashev in 1955 as Careproctus amblystomopsis. It inhabits the hadal zone of the northwest Pacific Ocean, including the Kuril-Kamchatka and Japan trenches, and was recorded at about 7,700 meters depth in the Japan Trench in October 2008, at the time the deepest living fish ever filmed, a record later surpassed by other snailfish found in the Mariana Trench. Its Wikipedia lead does not describe body shape, coloration or size beyond a line illustration, so this description is limited to what is documented there: its depth range and its place in the history of deep-sea fish records. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
No Significant Interaction with Humans 2
Scientific Name
Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Perciformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis

In Biome

Hadal Zone, Biomes
Source Wikidata: Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis

In Ecosystem

Deep Sea, Ecosystems
Source FishBase: Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis summary
Sources
1. Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis, or the hadal snailfish, is a species of snailfish from the hadal zone of the Northwest Pacific Ocean, including the Kuril-Kamchatka and Japan Trenches. In October 2008, a team from British and Japanese institutes discovered a shoal of Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis at a depth of about 7,700 m (25,300 ft) in the Japan Trench. These were, at the time, the deepest living fish ever recorded on film.
  • Wikidata Q116029 (P225 taxon name)
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2. FishBase: Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis summary
FishBase
  • Human uses
    Fisheries: of no interest
  • In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Environment deep
    Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 6156 - 7587 m
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Perciformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 96
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Perciformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲈形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Scorpaeniformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 93
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 93
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Wikidata: Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis
  • Child Taxon Of: Perciformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
  • In Biome: Hadal Zone, Introduction
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