Careproctus lerikimae

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 lerikimae

Name

Careproctus lerikimae Orr et al., 2015

• Holotype: UW 118033.
• Paratypes: many.

Type locality: Alaska, Beaufort Sea, 71.5131°N, 152.2033°W, 178 m depth.

Etymology: named in honor of Erika Acuña, Kim Rand, and Libby Logerwell of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center for collecting or coordinating in 2008 the collection of the first representatives of the species at sea. The specific epithet is an amalgamation of the collectors’ names to be treated as a noun in apposition.

Vernacular names

English: Dusty Snailfish

References

• 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.