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Close-up of a pale pink snailfish emerging from dark deep-sea water

Salmon snailfish

Careproctus rastrinus

On view
Into the Deep
Animal type
Fishes
Ecosystem
Deep sea
Relatives
Other snailfish; Family Liparidae
Diet
Small shrimp-like crustaceans, hermit crabs, fish eggs
Range
From 70 to 3,300 ft. (20–1,000 m) in the North Pacific Ocean
Size
Up to 20 inches (51 cm) length

Meet the salmon snailfish

See those frilly fins? A salmon snailfish uses the fins on its chin to feel for a meal. It digs into the muddy seafloor to find small crustaceans, like amphipods and crabs.

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