WoRMS taxon details
Liparis gibbus Bean, 1881
159526 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159526)
accepted
Species
Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896 · unaccepted
Liparis liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931 · unaccepted
Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bean, T. H. (1881). Descriptions of new fishes from Alaska and Siberia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 210): 144-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-210.144 [details] 
Distribution circumpolar - Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic: Greenland, Canada (Hudson Bay, southern Baffin Island, Labrador,...
Distribution circumpolar - Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic: Greenland, Canada (Hudson Bay, southern Baffin Island, Labrador, off southern Newfoundland, estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and off Nova Scotia), and southeastern Alaska [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Liparis gibbus Bean, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159526 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Bean, T. H. (1881). Descriptions of new fishes from Alaska and Siberia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 210): 144-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-210.144 [details]
original description (of Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930) Burke, C. V. (1930). Revision of the fishes of the family Liparidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 150: i-xii + 1-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.150.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
original description (of Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930) Burke, C. V. (1930). Revision of the fishes of the family Liparidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 150: i-xii + 1-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.150.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution circumpolar - Arctic, North Pacific and North Atlantic: Greenland, Canada (Hudson Bay, southern Baffin Island, Labrador, off southern Newfoundland, estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and off Nova Scotia), and southeastern Alaska [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat among seaweeds, rocks, empty scallop shells; 30-647 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | variegated snailfishvareigated snaifishdusky snailfishdusky snaifish | [details] |
| French | limace marbrée | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | pukkelringbuk | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | pukkelringbuk | [details] |
| Russian | Горбатый липарис | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Liparis gibbus)
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Liparis liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis agassizi P10659 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis agassizi P14947 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis cyclostigma P14957 illustration) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis cyclostigma USNM 48621 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Liparis gibbus)
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Liparis liparis bathyarcticus Parr, 1931)
To GenBank (50 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Liparis rufescens Burke, 1930)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis agassizi P10659 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis agassizi P14947 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis cyclostigma P14957 illustration) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Liparis cyclostigma USNM 48621 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Liparis cyclostigma Gilbert, 1896)
To ITIS
