Paraliparis hystrix
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| authority = Merrett, 1983
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Paraliparis hystrix is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_3-AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Paraliparis+hystrix%22|title=Feasibility of Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste Into the Seabed|first=K. R.|last=Hinga|date=September 20, 1988|publisher=Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|isbn=9789264131644|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e97zAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Paraliparis+hystrix%22|title=Journal of Ichthyology|date=September 20, 2004|publisher=Scripta Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6bzCAAAQBAJ&q=%22Paraliparis+hystrix%22&pg=PA446|title=Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honour of ET, Ro and Genie|first1=E. K.|last1=Balon|first2=Michael N.|last2=Bruton|first3=David L. G.|last3=Noakes|date=December 6, 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789401101998|via=Google Books}}
Description
Paraliparis hystrix is up to {{Cvt|14|cm}} long.[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Paraliparis-hystrix-MCZ-155473-140-mm-SL-3811N-7338W-667-682-m_fig11_229134061 Paraliparis hystrix, MCZ 155473, 140 mm SL, 38°11'N, 73°38'W, 667-682 m. | Download Scientific Diagram] It is white in colour with a black belly and tail.{{Cite web |url=http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=140476 |title=BOLD Systems: Taxonomy Browser - Paraliparis hystrix {species} |website=v3.boldsystems.org}}
Its specific name is from Ancient Greek ὕστριξ (hystrix), meaning "bristly".{{cite web |url=https://conifersociety.org/conifers/picea-abies-hystrix |title=Picea abies 'Hystrix' / Hystrix Norway spruce|date= |website=American Conifer Society}} It has no common name in English, but is known in Danish as mørkhalet dybhavsringbug, "dark-tailed deep-sea seasnail".{{FishBase|Paraliparis|hystrix|month=February|year=2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Paraliparis_hystrix/classification/ |title=ADW: Paraliparis hystrix: CLASSIFICATION |website=animaldiversity.org}}
Habitat
Paraliparis hystrix lives in the north Atlantic Ocean and in Canada's arctic waters off the Davis Strait.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5vzoGNM0AQC&q=%22Paraliparis+hystrix%22&pg=PA267|title=Deep-Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries|first1=N. R.|last1=Merrett|first2=R. L.|last2=Haedrich|date=October 31, 1997|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780412394102|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cu9ADwAAQBAJ&q=%22Paraliparis+hystrix%22&pg=PA609|title=Marine Fishes of Arctic Canada|first1=Brian W.|last1=Coad|first2=James D.|last2=Reist|date=January 1, 2018|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442647107|via=Google Books}} It is benthic and bathydemersal, living at {{Cvt|250|-|1150|m}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127226#notes|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paraliparis hystrix Merrett, 1983|website=www.marinespecies.org}}