Smallcheek Snailfish

Anterior 4 dorsal rays short and thin; caudal-fin rays 8; 3 notched pectoral radials; snout not protruding, angled posterodorsally from immediately above upper lip; eye 25.4% HL; chin pore interspace equal to their diameter, with a common shallow skin fold anteriorly; gill opening small, 0.6 eye; pectoral fin with short lobes, posterior half only of upper and lower lobes protruding from skin; anus slightly anterior to gill opening; skin dark brown, peritoneum black, mouth grey, tongue black-dotted (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 68

Found on the continental slope (Ref. 75154).

Paraliparis auriculatus, the smallcheek snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.