title: Elassodiscus
text: # Elassodiscus
  
  Elassodiscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fishes are found in the Pacific Ocean.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Elassodiscus caudatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1915) (Blackbelly snailfish)
  * Elassodiscus obscurus Pitruk & Fedorov, 1993
  * Elassodiscus tremebundus C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
  