page_title: Snailfish
hierarchical_section_title: Snailfish
caption_attribution_description: English: Festive Snailfish Liparis marmoratus Schmidt, 1950
context_page_description: The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a family of scorpaeniform marine fishes.
  Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera and about 410 described species, but there are also many undescribed species. They are closely related to the sculpins and lumpfish. In the past, snailfish were sometimes included within the latter family.
context_section_description: The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or sea snails, are a family of scorpaeniform marine fishes.
  Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans, including the oceans in between, the snailfish family contains more than 30 genera and about 410 described species, but there are also many undescribed species. They are closely related to the sculpins (family Cottidae) and lumpfish (family Cyclopteridae). In the past, snailfish were sometimes included within the latter family.
caption: Liparis marmoratus
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