Careproctus ranula, Scotian snailfish

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Careproctus ranula (Goode & Bean, 1879)

Scotian snailfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Goode & Bean.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 668 m (Ref. 51661). Temperate; 61°N - 36°N

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Northern Atlantic: St. Lawrence River estuary, east of Newfoundland and off Halifax, Nova Scotia to Virginia, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12204)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 46-58; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 42 - 51. White in color, peritoneum silvery, stomach pale (Ref. 12204).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Females are mature at 5.4 cm TL (Ref. 12204).

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Coad, B.W., 1995. Encyclopedia of Canadian fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. Singapore. (Ref. 12204)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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