Global InformationParaliparis selti information
| Paraliparis selti | |
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| Holotype specimen. a Freshly recovered. b Changes to anterior profile following preservation. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Paraliparis |
| Species: | P. selti
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| Paraliparis selti Linley, Gerringer & Canto-Hernández, 2022
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Paraliparis selti, the blue Atacama snailfish, is a species of deep water snailfish that is native to the south-east Pacific Ocean hadal zone 6,714 meters under water in the Atacama Trench (Peru–Chile Trench). P. selti is 83 millimeters in length total and 75.9 millimeters in standard length. its one of the 200 species of snailfish discovered in the southern hemisphere.[1]
- ^ Source, News Staff / (2022-10-13). "New Deep-Sea Snailfish Species Discovered in Atacama Trench | Sci. News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2022-10-17.