Rusty Snailfish

Caudal-fin rays 8; pectoral fin notched, upper and lower pectoral lobes long; pectoral without rudimentary rays, with 3 round radials; chin pores paired, small, not in pits; uppermost pectoral ray horizontal with eye center; HL 19.7% SL; preanal 37% SL; mandible to anus short, 11.4% SL; skin semitransparent, reddish-brown, peritoneum brownish-black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 63; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 57; Vertebrae: 70

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

Paraliparis lasti, the rusty snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.