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Definition of snailfish in English: snailfishnounPlural snailfishes A small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose gelatinous skin and typically a ventral sucker. 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: snailfishnounˈsnālˌfiSH A small fish of cool or cold seas, with loose gelatinous skin and typically a ventral sucker. 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.
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