Careproctus
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Careproctus is a genus
of snailfish
es. There are currently 111 described species found in benthic and benthopelagic habitats in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
s. They range from shallow coastal waters to depths below 7000 m.
Careproctus species have one pair of nostril
s and a ventral suction disc but lack a pseudobranch
.
etc.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of snailfish
Snailfish
Snailfish are scorpaeniform marine fish of the family Liparidae. Widely distributed from the Arctic to Antarctic Oceans including the northern Pacific, the snailfish family contains 30 genera and 361 species. They are closely related to the sculpins of the family Cottidae and the lumpfish of the...
es. There are currently 111 described species found in benthic and benthopelagic habitats in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
s. They range from shallow coastal waters to depths below 7000 m.
Careproctus species have one pair of nostril
Nostril
A nostril is one of the two channels of the nose, from the point where they bifurcate to the external opening. In birds and mammals, they contain branched bones or cartilages called turbinates, whose function is to warm air on inhalation and remove moisture on exhalation...
s and a ventral suction disc but lack a pseudobranch
Pseudobranch
The pseudobranch, also pseudobranchia is the reduced first gill arch of a fish ....
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Species
Species include:- Careproctus abbreviatus
- Careproctus acaecus
- Careproctus acanthodes
- Careproctus aculeolatus
- Careproctus albescens
- Careproctus armatus
- Careproctus atrans
- Careproctus attenuatus
- Careproctus aureomarginatus
- Careproctus bathycoetus
- Careproctus batialis
- Careproctus burkei
- Careproctus cactiformis
- Careproctus candidus
- Careproctus colletti
- Careproctus continentalis
- Careproctus credispinulosus
- Careproctus curilanus
- Careproctus cyclocephalus
- Careproctus cypseluroides
- Careproctus cypselurus
- Careproctus entargyreus
- Careproctus entomelas
- Careproctus falklandicus
- Careproctus furcatus
- Careproctus furcellus
- Careproctus georgianus
- Careproctus gilberti
- Careproctus griseldea
- Careproctus herwigi
- Careproctus homopterus
- Careproctus hyaleius
- Careproctus jordani
- Careproctus longifilis
etc.