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Merret's snailfish
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Careproctus
Species: C. merretti
Binomial name
Careproctus merretti
Andriashev & Chernova, 1988

Merret's snailfish (Careproctus merretti), also called the snakehead snailfish, is a species of fish in the family Liparidae.

Etymology

It is named for the British ichthyologist Nigel Merrett (born 1940).

Description

Merret's snailfish is silvery-pink in colour, with a black peritoneum. Its maximum length is 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in). It has 69 vertebrae. Its hypural plate (expanded ends of the hypurals that form a wide, fan-like plate onto which the caudal fin rays are attached) is single, and there are no epurals.

Habitat

Merret's snailfish lives in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain; it is bathydemersal and non-migratory, living at depths of up to 3,990 m (13,090 ft).

References

  1. Keskin, Ç.; Herrera, J.; Papaconstantinou, C.; de Sola, L. (2014). "Careproctus merretti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T18237516A45128580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18237516A45128580.en.
  2. "ADW: Careproctus merretti: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
  3. Quéro, Jean-Claude (September 8, 2003). Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen. Delachaux et Niestlé. ISBN 9782603012710 – via Google Books.
  4. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 8, 2005 – via Google Books.
  5. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 8, 1989 – via Google Books.
  6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus merretti Andriashev & Chernova, 1988". www.marinespecies.org.
  7. ^ "Careproctus merretti, Merret's snailfish". www.fishbase.se.
  8. "FishBase Glossary". www.fishbase.de.
  9. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107083820 – via Google Books.
Taxon identifiers
Careproctus merretti


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