#2140 · 🐟 fish
Common Seasnail
🇳🇱 Slakdolf ·Liparis liparis
📍 Strangford Lough, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, GB
📍 Приморский р-н, Архангельская обл., Россия
📍 Galjoen Zonder Poen, Wemeldinge
📍 Sørøya, Norge
📍 Haven van Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Helgoland, Deutschland
📍 Galjoen Zonder Poen, Wemeldinge
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Strangford Lough, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, GB:© Christine Morrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Приморский р-н, Архангельская обл., Россия:© pavelfutoran · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Galjoen Zonder Poen, Wemeldinge:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Sørøya, Norge:© Stewen Dale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Haven van Rotterdam, Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jelle_wissink · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Helgoland, Deutschland:© finnk_1910 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Galjoen Zonder Poen, Wemeldinge:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The common seasnail ( Liparis liparis ) is a small marine fish of the seasnail family (Liparidae) in the order Scorpaeniformes, the scorpionfishes and flatheads. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean where it lives on the seabed.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 25 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Seasnail
- Nederlands
- Slakdolf
- scientific name
- Liparis liparis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Liparidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 16
- sightings worldwide
- 25
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,343
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1766
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 187630, Wikidata Q2125926, GBIF 5712338, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.