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Liparis tunicatus (Bartail snailfish; Greenland seasnail; Kelp snailfish)

Synonyms: Liparis arctica; Liparis herschelinus; Liparis steineni; Liparis tunicata (heterotypic)
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Wikipedia Abstract

Liparis tunicatus, or the kelp snailfish, is a fish from the genus Liparis. It can be found in marine, demersal, and brackish water environments at a depth range from zero to six hundred twenty meters. The kelp snailfish lives in the Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean among kelp. A bottom feeder, it eats crustaceans.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Ib 12402936 Alaska, United States
Ivvavik National Park II 2382752 Yukon, Canada
Quttinirpaaq (Ellesmere Island) National Park Reserve II 9436606 Nunavut, Canada
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area II 310822 Canada

External References

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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0