The Liparidae, commonly known as snailfish or seasnails, are a family of scorpaeniform marine fishes. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans including the northern Pacific, the snailfish family contains 30 genera and 361 species. They are closely related to the sculpins of the family Cottidae and the lumpfish of the family Cyclopte... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snailfish
any of about 115 species of marine fish often placed with the lumpsuckers in the family Cyclopteridae, but sometimes separated as a distinct family, ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/114