Darklip Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; 2 pectoral radials; chin pore interspace equals twice their diameter; common skin fold present anteriorly; gill opening short, lower end horizontal with eye centre; pectoral fin 16+2+3, short, only posterior part of upper and lower lobes protruding from skin; notch shallow; anus below first third of postorbital space; HL 19.3% SL; nephrohaemal canal present; body and head light brown, peritoneum black, mouth dark grey, tongue black-dotted (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 68

Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).

Paraliparis atrolabiatus, the darklip snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.