Tarred Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 3 radials, upper dorsally notched: chin pores not in a pit or other depression, interspace equals their diameter; gill opening ventral end and dorsal pectoral ray on horizontal through eye center; opercular flap dorsally rounded, tip of operculum dorsally directed; pectoral without rudimentary rays; HL 18% SL, preanal length 34%; body and head dark blackish-brown, mouth and tongue grey, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 59; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 66

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

Paraliparis piceus, the tarred snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.