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Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy 1934

Description

Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy, 1934.

Peachskin Snailfish. To 39 cm (15.4 in) SL. Central and eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and southeast Alaska. Depth: at least 71–390 m (233–1,279 ft). All in Orr et al. (2015). Records of “ Careproctus rastrinus ” from the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are of this species; Careproctus rastrinus is limited to Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk (Orr et al. 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Love, Milton S., Bizzarro, Joseph J., Cornthwaite, Maria, Frable, Benjamin W. & Maslenikov, Katherine P., 2021, Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pp. 1-285 in Zootaxa 5053 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5578008

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References

  • Orr, J. W., Kai, Y. & Nakabo, T. (2015) Snailfishes of the Careproctus rastrinus complex (Liparidae): redescriptions of seven species in the North Pacific Ocean region, with the description of a new species from the Beaufort Sea. Zootaxa, 401, 301 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4018.3.1