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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Genioliparis: Greek, geny, -yos = face, jaw + Greek, liparos = fat (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Georgii Ustinovich Lindberg (1894–1976) was a Russian ichthyologist and marine biologist who was a lecturer at Chita University and who was invited (1923) to the Far-Eastern University in Vladivostok where he established a coastal biological [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Andriashev & Neyelov.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 735 - 850 m (Ref. 51661). Deep-water; 60°S - 63°S
Southern Ocean: known only from the South Shetland Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 31.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 30823)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Balushkin, A.V. and O.S. Voskoboinikova, 2008. Revision of the genus Genioliparis Andriashev et Neelov (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes) with description of a new species G. kafanovi sp. n. from the Ross Sea (Antractica). J. Ichthyol. 48(3):201-208. (Ref. 76898)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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