Careproctus rausuensis

Taxonavigation

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 rausuensis

Name

• Careproctus rausuensis Machi, Nobetsu & Yabe, 2012

Holotype: HUMZ 202085. Paratypes: 34 specimens.

Type locality: Hokkaido, Japan: 44°00.09′N, 145°14.01′E, the Nemuro Straits, about 2.8 km distant from Rausu fishing port, Pacific coast of Shiretoko Peninsula,356 m depth, collected by deep-sea water pump.

Etymology: The name rausuensis is in reference to the type locality, Rausu, a town on the Pacific coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan.

References

• Machi, K., Nobetsu, T. & Yabe, M., (2012): Careproctus rausuensis, a New Liparid Fish (Percomorphacea: Cottiformes), Collected from Hokkaido, Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A., Supplement No. 6: 33–40.