Paraliparis membranaceus explained

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.

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

Further reading

• Book: Burke. Victor. Revision of the fishes of the family Liparidae. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin. 1930. 150. 172. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7863093. Washington. Government Printing Office. Paraliparis membranaceous Günther.
• Book: Garman. S.. The Discoboli. 1892. Cambridge. 83–84. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4345307. Paraliparis membranaceus. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 14 (2).