Liparidae

noun

Distribution: Arctic to Antarctic, Atlantic, and Pacific. Body elongate, scaleless (small prickles in some) and skin jellylike; dorsal fin (28-82 soft rays) and anal fin (24-76 soft rays) long, confluent, or nearly so, with caudal fin; pelvic fin (disc) absent in species of Paraliparis and in the monotypic Nectoliparis; nostrils single or paired (usually in Liparis); vertebrae 38-86. Maximum length about 50 cm. Occur from tidepools to depths of over 7,000 m.

The family Liparidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 19 genera and 195 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Etymology of this family name: Greek, liparos = fat