Paraliparis obtusirostris Stein, Chernova & Andriashev 2001

Caudal-fin rays 9; pectoral girdle with 2 radials, lowest notched; first dorsal ray interneural between neural spines 4-5; chin pores in small unpigmented pit, almost touching; lower end of gill opening and uppermost pectoral ray level with lower half of pupil; pectoral without rudimentary rays; head 18.6% SL; preanal 33%; body light brown with variable pattern, peritoneum black (Ref. 42734).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 62; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 66

Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).

Paraliparis obtusirostris, the bluntsnout snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the Eastern Indian Ocean.