Careproctus ovigerus

Description

General: Large, heavy-bodied, well-developed fins. Adults are white with wrinkled skin, juvelines are pink and smooth-skinned; lethargic movement.

Geographic Information

Published depth range: 1920 - 2910 m

Habitat description: Demersal, soft sediment.

Ocean range (global): Northeast Pacific.

Additional Information

Verified MBARI depth distribution: 2064 - 3106 m (May 2019).

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Stein, D.L., J.C. Drazen, K.L. Schlining, J. Barry, and L. Kuhnz (2006). Snailfishes of Monterey Canyon: Video, photographic, and morphological observations. Journal of Fish Biology, 69: 970-986.

Balushkin, A.V. (2012). Volodichthys gen. nov. new species of the primitive snailfish (Liparidae: Scorpaeniformes) of the southern hemishpere. Description of new species V. solovjevae sp. nov. (Cooperation Sea, the Antarctic). Journal of Ichthyology, 52: 1-10. http://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945212010018