Careproctus aciculipunctatus
| Careproctus aciculipunctatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Careproctus |
| Species: | C. aciculipunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Careproctus aciculipunctatus Andriashev & Chernova , 1997 | |
Careproctus aciculipunctatus, also called the speckled snailfish,
The specific name is from Latin acicula ("spinule") and punctatus ("dotted").[5]
Description
Careproctus aciculipunctatus is maximum 21 cm (8.3 in) long,[6] Its body and peritoneum are black.[7]
The pleural ribs are absent and there is one hypural plate, without slit. Its mouth is terminal (pointed straight forward) and its teeth simple. Its body is densely echinated (bristled) with very small spinules.[5]
Habitat
Careproctus aciculipunctatus lives in the northeast
References
- ^ Assessor), Ç Keskin (Mediterranean Marine Fish; Juan Gil Herrera (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz); Hcmr), Costas Papaconstantinou (Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Luis Gil de Sola (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (April 18, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Careproctus aciculipunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 10, 2005 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 9782603012710– via Google Books.
- ^ "Voprosy ikhtiologii". Izd-vo "Nauka.". September 10, 1997 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Careproctus aciculipunctatus". www.fishbase.se.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus aciculipunctatus Andriashev & Chernova, 1997". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ "Careproctus aciculipunctatus". iNaturalist.
- ^ "MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Careproctus aciculipunctatus Andriashev & Chernova, 1997". www.marbef.org.
- ISBN 9781107083820– via Google Books.