Careproctus ovigerus, Abyssal snailfish

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Careproctus ovigerus (Gilbert, 1896)

Abyssal snailfish
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

Issue
The species was placed in the genus Bathyphasma Gilbert, 1896 by Balushkin (2012), genus he resurrected on the basis of a few characters. He was followed by authors thereafter but with no supplementary evidence. Orr et al. (2019) did not support the resurrection from their phylogeny, on the basis of a lack or morphological synapomorphies with other sister-species, which we follow in FishBase and WoRMS. As Bathyphasma ovigerum Gilbert 1896 in ECoF (March 2024).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino batidemersale; distribuzione batimetrica 1920 - 2910 m (Ref. 6885). Deep-water

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Northeast Pacific: off northern British Columbia. Occurrence record from Washington (Ref. 5515).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.1 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 12204)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 40 - 45; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 35 - 36; Vertebre: 45 - 50. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: both jaws with narrow rows of stout, sharp, simple, recurved teeth; a moderate-sized gill opening which extends ventrally to pectoral rays 4-8; pelvic disk large 25-38% HL; cephalic pore pattern 2-6-7-1; most similar to C. lycopersicus and C. kamikawai, which are both distinguished from C. ovigerus by their broad bands of trilobed teeth (Ref. 91047).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

The holotype, a male, was found to carry developing eggs in its mouth (Ref. 6885). Two females were ripe with large yolked eggs 6-7 mm in diameter, while the male of 33.0 cm SL had enlarged testes. Two smallest and immature females examined (18.0-18.5 cm SL) had small ovaries with many small white eggs ca. 1 mm in diameter (Ref. 91047).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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McAllister, D.E., 1990. A list of the fishes of Canada. Syllogeus No. 64. Nat. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ottawa, Canada. 310 p. (Ref. 11980)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 1.7 - 1.9, mean 1.9 °C (based on 7 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00208 - 0.01002), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100). 🛈