Careproctus laperousei Chernova, Thiel & Eidus, 2020
Laperouse snailfish

Family:  Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Max. size:  12 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 4796 - 4803 m
Distribution:  Northwestern Pacific: northern slope of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench,
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  The bottom sediments in the box-corer sample at the place of capture included an upper layer of thin gray silt, dense greenish silt and coarse-grained black sand, with the ground from the Agassiz trawl greenish clayey silt interspersed with dense clay. The by catch of the trawl was mainly composed of the holothurian Peniagone sp., Sea feather Umbelulla sp., Scleractinia, sea anemones, sipunculids, polychaetes Travisia sp. and three types of Echiura (Ref. 123108).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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