Allocareproctus ungak Orr & Busby, 2006
Whiskered snailfish
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 Family:  Liparidae (Snailfishes)
 Max. size:  12.93 cm SL (male/unsexed)
 Environment:  bathydemersal; depth range 318 - 461 m
 Distribution:  Northeast Pacific: Aleutian Islands.
 Diagnosis:  Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal pore 1 with unpigmented papilla; peritoneum black; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 7-11, short and blunt; interorbital papilla present; pyloric caeca on right or left side; body red; iris silver gray (Ref. 57077).
 Biology:  Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 8.5 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 9.5 cm SL (Ref. 57077).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 13.11.06

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