Merret's snailfishMerret's snailfish, also called the snakehead snailfish, is a species of fish in the family Liparidae.EtymologyIt is named for the British ichthyologist Nigel Merrett.DescriptionMerret's snailfish is silvery-pink in colour, with a black peritoneum. Its maximum length is. It has 69 vertebrae. Its hypural plate is single, and there are no epurals.HabitatMerret's snailfish lives in the Porcupine [Abyssal Plain]; it is bathydemersal and non-migratory, living at depths of up to.