Careproctus ambustus, Scorched snailfish

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Careproctus ambustus Orr, 2020

Scorched snailfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335);  ambustus: Name from Latin 'ambusti' meaning ‘'scorched', referring to the black tail that contrasts with the pink to red anterior part of the body..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 58 - 1172 m (Ref. 123358). Temperate

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North Pacific: from British Columbia, Alaska, Russia, and Japan.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 41.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123358)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 57-63; Anal soft rays: 51 - 57; Vertebrae: 61 - 67. This species is distinguished from all other North Pacific Careproctus species except melanurus by the shape of its pelvic disc, which is oval, longer than wide (vs. round or wider than long in other species), shallowly cupped (vs. flat or deeply cupped), and somewhat smaller than the orbit (vs. minute or large); shallowly notched pectoral fin with elongate rays in the lower lobe (vs. deeply notched with elongate or short rays, or shallowly notched with short rays); and unique COI haplotypes; differs from C. melanurus by having higher vertebral caount 61-67 (vs. 56-62), higher median fin-ray count, dorsal-fin rays 57-63 (vs. 53-59) and anal-fin rays 51-57 (vs. 46-52 in melanurus), longer pelvic disc 14.1-21.2% HL (vs. 12.6-20.7) (Ref. 123358)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Orr, J.W., D.L. Pitruk, R. Manning, D.E. Stevenson, J.R. Gardner and I. Spies, 2020. A new species of snailfish (Cottiformes: Liparidae) closely related to Careproctus melanurus of the Eastern North Pacific. Copeia 108(4):711-726. (Ref. 123358)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = No PD50 data   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00447 (0.00204 - 0.00980), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).