WoRMS taxon details
Lipariscus nanus Gilbert, 1915
281365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281365)
accepted
Species
Paraliparis nanus (Gilbert, 1915) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C. H. (1915). Fishes collected by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in southern California in 1904. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 48 (no. 2075): 305-380, Pls. 14-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.48-2075.305 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Lipariscus nanus Gilbert, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281365 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C. H. (1915). Fishes collected by the United States Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in southern California in 1904. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 48 (no. 2075): 305-380, Pls. 14-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.48-2075.305 [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pygmy snailfish | [details] |
| French | limace naine | [details] |
| Japanese | コビトクサウオ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paraliparis nanus (Gilbert, 1915))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lipariscus nanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Paraliparis nanus (Gilbert, 1915))
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paraliparis nanus (Gilbert, 1915))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lipariscus nanus)
To FishBase (from synonym Paraliparis nanus (Gilbert, 1915))
To FishBase
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To ITIS
