Nutty Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 3 round radials; head and body low, mouth oblique; teeth tiny; chin pores interspaced by their diameter, not in a pit; gill opening short, lower end slightly below level of eye; pectoral fin deeply notched, upper pectoral lobe short, about 60% HL, rudimentary rays absent; color nut brown; skin thin; peritoneum, black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 58; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 54; Vertebrae: 65

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

Paraliparis avellaneus, the nutty snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.