Careproctus pulcher, Handsome snailfish

Careproctus pulcher Chernova, Thiel & Eidus, 2020

Handsome snailfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); pulcher: Name from Latin word 'pulcher' for handsome, referring to the elegant proportions and beautiful fresh color of the fish.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 2350 - 2358 m (Ref. 123108). Deep-water

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Pacific Ocean: Kuril Island.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123108); 10.0 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 42 - 43; Anal soft rays: 35 - 36; Vertebrae: 46. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: vertebrae 46 (10 - 11 + 35 - 36), D 42 - 43, A 35 - 36; pectoral-fin rays 31 - 32; pleural ribs 3 pairs; hypural one, slitted; C 10 (principal rays); head in adults 25.5 - 26.3 % SL, preanal length 39 % SL; eye 28.2 - 28.5 % head length (lc); pelvic disk 31.4 - 32.3 % lc; pores 2-6-7-1; gill slit reaching to the 4th pectoral-fin ray. Colouration: when fresh bright reddish-orange with peritoneum pale (Ref. 123108).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

The sediment from the Agassiz trawl was a mixture of sand, pebbles and stones, and numerous large fragments of dead and living glass sponges. Invertebrates found were dominated by at least 5 species of isopods and caprellids attached to colonies of hydroids (5 - 6 species), some benthopelagic shrimps (2 - 3 species), and a few gastropods and ophiurids (Ref. 123108).

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Chernova, N., R. Thiel and I. Eidus, 2020. Four new species of Careproctus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the deep-water vicinity of the southern Kuril Islands (Western North Pacific). Zootaxa 4821(1):71-87. (Ref. 123108)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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