A small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose gelatinous skin and typically a ventral sucker.
狮子鱼。亦称SEA SNAIL
Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic
Also called sea snail
Example sentencesExamples
Liparid snailfish in the genus Careproctus extrude eggs through an anteriorly positioned ovipositor into the branchial chambers of large lithodid crabs.
This showy snailfish lacks the purple stripes displayed by other specimens.
Many snailfishes have large eggs and very low fecundities which would suggest some form of parental care.
In these extreme northern latitudes of Baffin Bay, bycatch consisted primarily of gelatinous snailfish, Arctic skate, and four-beard rockling.
A single-eyed immature male round snailfish Careproctus roseofuscus with length of 331 mm and weight of 650 g was caught in the Pacific waters off the northern Kurile Islands in September 2000.
Definition of snailfish in US English:
snailfish
nounˈsnālˌfiSH
A small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose gelatinous skin and typically a ventral sucker.
狮子鱼。亦称SEA SNAIL
Liparis and other genera, family Cyclopteridae: several species, including L. liparis of the North Atlantic
Also called sea snail
Example sentencesExamples
This showy snailfish lacks the purple stripes displayed by other specimens.
In these extreme northern latitudes of Baffin Bay, bycatch consisted primarily of gelatinous snailfish, Arctic skate, and four-beard rockling.
Liparid snailfish in the genus Careproctus extrude eggs through an anteriorly positioned ovipositor into the branchial chambers of large lithodid crabs.
A single-eyed immature male round snailfish Careproctus roseofuscus with length of 331 mm and weight of 650 g was caught in the Pacific waters off the northern Kurile Islands in September 2000.
Many snailfishes have large eggs and very low fecundities which would suggest some form of parental care.