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Allocareproctus ungak Orr & Busby, 2006 Whiskered snailfish |
| Family: | Liparidae (Snailfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 12.93 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 318 - 461 m | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Pacific: Aleutian Islands. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal pore 1 with unpigmented papilla; peritoneum black; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 7-11, short and blunt; interorbital papilla present; pyloric caeca on right or left side; body red; iris silver gray (Ref. 57077). | |||
| Biology: | Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 8.5 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 9.5 cm SL (Ref. 57077). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||