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
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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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