Badluck Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 3 radials, uppermost notched; interneural of first dorsal ray between neural spines 6 and 7; chin pores in a pit on lower surface of chin, space between unpigmented, equaling their diameter; ventral end of gill opening and dorsal pectoral ray level with lower margin of pupil; pectoral rudimentary notch rays absent; head 19.1% SL, preanal distance 34%, mandible to anus short, 10.5% SL; color blackish-brown, paler laterally; peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 60; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 66

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

Paraliparis infeliciter, badluck snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.