Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; non-migratory; depth range 380 - 800 m (Ref. 51661). Deep-water; 60°N - 45°N
North Pacific: southwestern Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13671); common length : 14.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13671)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 54 - 58; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 47 - 51; Vertebrae: 59 - 63. Pectoral fin shallowly notched; caudal fin emarginate, narrow, continuous with vertical fins for about two-fifths of its length without notches at union (Ref. 12700). Body red; posterior dorsal, anal and caudal fins black (Ref. 12700)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Tsutsui, D. and K. Amaoka, 1997. First record of the snail fish, Careproctus simus (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae), from Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 44(1):89-91. (Ref. 13671)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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