Dark Brown Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 3 round radials; subrostral fold absent; teeth simple, not large, but prominent; chin pores closely set, with common thin skin fold anteriorly; gill opening short, half of eye; lower end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral fin on horizontal with upper margin of pupil; pectoral rudimentary notch rays absent; head 20% SL, eye large, 29% HL; preanal length 33% SL; vertical fins overlap half of caudal; head brown, mouth black, tongue black-brown-dotted (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 63; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 65

Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154). Maximum length based on a juvenile specimen (Ref. 42734).

Paraliparis badius, the dark brown snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.