Sea Snail (Liparidae)
Sea Snail (Liparidae)
Common name: sea snail
Scientific name: Liparidae
Locations: inshore (fall) and offshore (summer)
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: dark brown
Size: 5”
Collected: by hand attached to weights or floats
Quantity: by the each
Tidepool Tim says, "Sea snails are tadpole shaped soft bodied fishes with a sucking disc on their chests, like lumpfish. Few people have actually witnessed sea snails despite being so common. They don't usually swim into traps."