| paraliparis hawaiiensis, a new species of snailfish (scorpaeniformes: liparidae) and the first described from the hawaiian archipelago. | paraliparis hawaiiensis n.sp. is described from the north-western hawaiian islands from two specimens collected at 2196 and 3055 m. it differs from other north pacific ocean species in its chin pore arrangement, tooth pattern and body proportions. although liparid specimens have previously been collected from hawaii, they were undescribed and are now lost. therefore, this is the first liparid species described from the archipelago. in situ photographs of hawaiian snailfishes are also shown and d ... | 2014 | 24697612 |