Careproctus scottae

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 scottae

Name

Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy, 1934

• Holotype: USNM 104497.
• Paratypes: UW 2741 (5), 2743 (5); UMMZ 102220 (1); USNM 93787 (1), 104681 [ex UW 104681] (3).

Type locality: southeast Alaska, off Petersburg.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym honoring the collector of all the type material, Dorothy R. Scott.

Vernacular names

English: Peachskin Snailfish

References

• Chapman, W.M. & DeLacy, A.C. 1934. New species of Careproctus from Alaska. Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution, 9 (2): 2–5. 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.