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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); lacrima: Name from Latin 'lacrima' for tear or teardrop, referring to the translucent and tear-drop shaped body; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 90 - 207 m (Ref. 124469). Temperate, 175°E - 169°W (Ref. 124469)
Northeast Pacific: Alaska (Aleutian Is.).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 124469)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 47 - 52; Anal soft rays: 43 - 45; Vertebrae: 53 - 57. This species is distinguished from all its congeners described in North Pacific by having a small teardrop-shaped body, with loose thin skin, and anterior dorsal-fin rays buried in tissue; differs from C. spiraki and C. maslenikovae in lacking small, rounded bumps
on its body and in having a single chin pore (vs. two chin pores), higher counts of pectoral-fin rays 32-38 (vs. 28-32 in C. spiraki, 26-29 in C. maslenikovae), vertebrae 53-57 (vs. 42-46 and 42-43, respectively), dorsal-fin rays 47-52 (vs. 38-43 and 38-40), and anal-fin rays 43-45 (vs. 32-37 and 32-33) (Ref. 124469).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Orr, J.W., 2021. Three new small snailfishes of the genus Careproctus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109(2):456-466. (Ref. 124469)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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