Biology:Allocareproctus kallaion

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Short description: Species of fish

Combed snailfish
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Allocareproctus
Species:
A. kallaion
Binomial name
Allocareproctus kallaion
J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006

Allocareproctus kallaion, the combed snailfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fish are found in the Northeast Pacific Ocean inhabiting the east-central Aleutian Islands. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 19.5 cm (7.7 in).[2]

Etymology

The fishes name in Greek, means a comb, which refers to the multiple projections on the orobuccal valve and a single row of teeth on the posterior part of the dentary.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Orr, J.W. and M.S. Busby, 2006. Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 1173:1-37.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Allocareproctus kallaion" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/perciformes22/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2153452 entry