FB-65364 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65364 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gymnotiformes Apteronotidae Porotergus Porotergus duende de Santana & Crampton, 2010 Bubble-head snailfish 2010-03-03 2024-03-20 Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright0 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-GeneralDescr-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 The male (5.30 and 6.20 cm) specimens appear to be mature, while the female (9.40 cm) was mature with ovaries containing numerous mature and immature, spherical, pale-colored, opaque, yolked oocytes, ranging in diameter from 0.20-2.12 mm; from gross observation, there appear to be fewer than 100 eggs in each ovary. Specimens were collected with a 60 cm bongo net, epibenthic sled and bottom trawl (Ref. 82595). Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 The species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: D 60; A 53-55; pectoral-fin rays 20-21; caudal-fin rays 6; vertebrae 63-64; dorsal contour of head rounded to snout, covered with gelatinous tissue; short snout with rounded tip projecting past upper jaw; small mouth, horizontal, inferior, with cleft reaching to nearly vertical below center of eye; large eye with dorsal margin level with or slightly above top of gillopening; large opercular flap, rounded, projecting slightly toward dorsal; upper lobe of pectoral fin with 15 rays, one innotch, and 4 or 5 in lower lobe, both lobes extending beyond anal-fin origin; cephalic pores are equal to or smaller in diameter than nostril; suprabranchial pore elevated, anterior of gill opening a distance about equal to opercular flap width; 3 pyloric caeca (Ref. 82595). Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-Morphology-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 Dorsal soft rays (total): 60; Analsoft rays: 53 - 55; Vertebrae: 63 - 64 Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-Distribution-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2010-03-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 Gulf of Alaska. Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-Uses-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 fisheries: of no interest FB-Size-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 6.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 82595)); 9.4 cm SL (female) Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-65373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2010-03-08 00:00:00 2019-05-03 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65373 bathypelagic; marine; depth range 233 - 322 m (Ref. 82595) Busby, M.S. and R.L. Cartwright 2009 Paraliparis adustus and Paraliparis bullacephalus: two new snailfish species (Teleostei: Liparidae) from Alaska. Ichthyol. Res. 56:245-252. (Ref. 82595)