Careproctus acanthodes

Taxonavigation: Cottales

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Cottoidei Infraordo: Cottales

Familia: Liparidae
Genus: Careproctus
Species: Careproctus acanthodes

Name

Careproctus acanthodes Gilbert & Burke, 1912

• Holotype: USNM 73332.
• Paratypes: SU 22236 (4).

Type locality: Russia, Tatar Strait off southwestern coast of Sakhalin Island, Albatross station 4997, 47.6444°N, 141.4083°E, depth 581 m.

Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the Greek word akanthodes (ἀκανθὼδης), meaning “spiny form”, a reference to the cactus-like prickles covering the bodies of the cotypes.

Vernacular names

English: Toge Snailfish
日本語: Toge-bikunin

References

• Gilbert, C.H. & Burke, C.V. 1912. New cyclogasterid fishes from Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42 (1907): 351–380, Pls. 41–48. BHL Reference page. 
• Orr, J.W., Kai, Y. & Nakabo, T., 2015: Snailfishes of the Careproctus rastrinus complex (Liparidae): redescriptions of seven species in the North Pacific Ocean region, with the description of a new species from the Beaufort Sea. Zootaxa 4018(3): 301–348. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.