Classification / Names
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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) >
Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); spinulosus: Name 'spinulosus' from the diminutive form of the Latin word 'spina', meaning 'spine', referring to the cactus-like prickles covering the entire body.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 500 - 1200 m (Ref. 133142). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.1 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 50 - 52; Anal soft rays: 43 - 48; Vertebrae: 55 - 58. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: vertebrae 55-58; D 50-52; A 43-48; pectoral-fin rays 31-36; pectoral fin deeply notched, lower lobe long, same length as or slightly longer than upper lobe, extending to two-thirds between anus and anal fin origin; pelvic disk rounded and greatly reduced; cephalic pores 2-6-7-2, chin pores paired in separate pits; gill slit large, extending ventrally to pectoral-fin rays 6-11; teeth simple, shouldered or weakly trilobed; anus located below posterior rim of orbit; peritoneum and stomach black (Ref. 133142).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kai, Y., K. Matsuzaki, T. Mori, D.L. Pitruk, R. Misawa and F. Tashiro, 2024. Snailfishes of the genus Careproctus (Perciformes: Liparidae) with a reduced
pelvic disk: three new species and new records from the western North Pacific with comments on their phenotypic diversity. Zootaxa 5492(2):191-213. (Ref. 133142)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (15 of 100).
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