Family Liparididae (Noun)
Meaning
Snailfishes.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Snailfishes belonging to the family Liparidae have large mouths and a lower jaw with tiny teeth.
- Most snailfish species from the family Liparidae can be found in cold or temperate waters around the world.
- Careproctus rhodolithus is a type of snailfish from the family Liparidae discovered in 2011 in a hydrothermal vent ecosystem.
- Family Liparidae includes several snailfish species like Elassodiscus tremebundus discovered in 1910 and Careproctus griselensis.
- Genetic research into species of snailfishes within the family Liparidae often sheds new light on snailfish systematics and biodiversity.