Careproctus aciculipunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Careproctus
Species:
C. aciculipunctatus
Binomial name
Careproctus aciculipunctatus
Andriashev & Chernova, 1997

Careproctus aciculipunctatus, also called the speckled snailfish,[2] is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).[3][4]

The specific name is from Latin acicula ("spinule") and punctatus ("dotted").[5]

Description

Careproctus aciculipunctatus is maximum 21 cm (8.3 in) long,[6] Its body and peritoneum are black.[7]

The pleural ribs are absent and there is one hypural plate, without slit. Its mouth is terminal (pointed straight forward) and its teeth simple. Its body is densely echinated (bristled) with very small spinules.[5]

Habitat

Careproctus aciculipunctatus lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, to the southwest of Ireland; it was first discovered off the Porcupine Bank. It lives in the bathydemersal zone, up to 4,100 m (13,500 ft) deep.[8][9]

References

  1. Assessor), Ç Keskin (Mediterranean Marine Fish; Juan Gil Herrera (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz); Hcmr), Costas Papaconstantinou (Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Luis Gil de Sola (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (April 18, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Careproctus aciculipunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 10, 2005 via Google Books.
  3. Quéro, Jean-Claude (September 10, 2003). Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen. Delachaux et Niestlé. ISBN 9782603012710 via Google Books.
  4. "Voprosy ikhtiologii". Izd-vo "Nauka.". September 10, 1997 via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 "Careproctus aciculipunctatus". www.fishbase.se.
  6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus aciculipunctatus Andriashev & Chernova, 1997". www.marinespecies.org.
  7. "Careproctus aciculipunctatus". iNaturalist.
  8. "MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Careproctus aciculipunctatus Andriashev & Chernova, 1997". www.marbef.org.
  9. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 via Google Books.


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