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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Allocareproctus: Greek, allos = other + Greek, kara, kare = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); ungak: Name from the the Alutiq word for whiskers, referring to the many papillae associated with cephalic pores; noun in apposition.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 318 - 461 m (Ref. 57077). Deep-water, preferred ?
Northeast Pacific: Aleutian Islands.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57077)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
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).
Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 8.5 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 9.5 cm SL (Ref. 57077).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Orr, J.W. and M.S. Busby, 2006. Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 1173:1-37. (Ref. 57077)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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