Careproctus microstomus Stein 1978
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Scorpaeniformes
- family
- Liparidae
- genus
- Careproctus
- species
- Careproctus microstomus
description
Smallmouth Snailfish. To 19.7 cm (7.8 in) SL (Stein 1978). Oregon (Stein 1978) to central California (Ambrose in Moser 1996). Depth: 2,721 – 4,100 m (8,927 – 13,451 ft) (min.: Stein 1978; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). A NWFSC-FRAM database record of 1,229 m (4,031 ft) would need a voucher specimen to be accepted (Jay Orr).
Name
- Homonyms
- Careproctus microstomus Stein 1978