Allocareproctus jordani
Allocareproctus jordani (Burke, 1930)
Cherry snailfish
Allocareproctus jordani
photo by Byersdorfer, S.

Family:  Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Max. size:  34 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 730.0 g; max. reported age: 8 years
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 75 - 631 m
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: off Honshu, Japan at Sagami Bay, Kuril Islands, and eastern Okhotsk Sea.
Diagnosis:  Diagnosis: Simple teeth or with weak shoulders; nasal pore 1 with pigmented papilla; black peritoneum; single, finger-like projection on the orobuccal valve, its cavity pale; gill rakers 8 - 12, short and blunt; interorbital papilla may be present or absent; pyloric caeca on the right side; body is red; iris silver gray (Ref. 57077).
Biology:  Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 10.5. cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 7.45 cm SL (Ref. 57077).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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