Dolphin Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral girdle with 2 round radials; chin pores almost touching, not in a pit but with thin skin fold anteriorly, interspace unpigmented; lower end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral-fin ray horizontal with pupil; opercular flap triangular with rounded end; pectoral without rudimentary rays; nephrohaemal canal present on vertebrae 5-11; HL 18% SL, preanal length 31% SL; color very dark, uniformly brownish-black, mouth grey, tongue grey-dotted, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 61; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 53; Vertebrae: 67

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

Paraliparis delphis, the dolphin snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.