Paraliparis membranaceus

Paraliparis membranaceus is a species of snailfish only known from a single specimen of 57 mm standard length collected in Sarmiento Channel in the fjordlands of southern Chile.[3]

Paraliparis membranaceus
Illustration of Paraliparis membranaceus, caught off Cape St. Vincent, 400 fathoms deep
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Paraliparis
Species:	P. membranaceus
Binomial name
Paraliparis membranaceus Günther, 1887[1]
Synonyms
Hilgendorfia membranacea Goode & Bean 1895[2]

This species is similar to Paraliparis molinai but differs in details of dentition and pectoral fin shape.[3]

References

1. Günther, Albert (1887). "Report on the Deep-Sea Fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876". Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology. 12. Edinburgh: Neill and Company. pp. 69–70. Pl. 12, Fig. D.
2. Goode, George Brown; Bean, Tarleton H. (1895). "Hilgendorfia membranacea (Günther), Goode and Bean". Oceanic Ichthyology: Based upon a study of the deep-sea fishes of the Atlantic Basin. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 30. pp. 280–281.
3. Stein, David L. (2005). "Descriptions of four new species, redescription of Paraliparis membranaceus and additional data on species of the fish family Liparidae (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from the west coast of South America and the Indian Ocean" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1019: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1019.1.1.

Further reading

• Burke, Victor (1930). "Paraliparis membranaceous Günther". Revision of the fishes of the family Liparidae. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 150. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 172.
• Garman, S. (1892). "Paraliparis membranaceus". The Discoboli. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 14 (2). Cambridge. pp. 83–84.