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- Title
<italic>Careproctus surugaensis</italic> sp. nov. (Liparidae), a new snailfish from Suruga Trough, Japan.
- Authors
Murasaki, Kenta; Takami, Munehiro; Fukui, Atsushi
- Abstract
A new species of liparid fish <italic>Careproctus surugaensis</italic> is described from a single specimen collected between 1,450 and 1,570 m depth on the northern part of Suruga Trough, Suruga Bay, Japan. It can be distinguished from all currently recognized congeners by the following combination of characters: 50 total vertebrae, 47 dorsal-fin rays, 39 anal-fin rays, 32 pectoral-fin rays, 10 principal caudal-fin rays, pectoral proximal radials 4 (first to third with notches); trilobate teeth on both jaws, gill slit 7.1 % SL, extending in front of 7th pectoral fin ray base; maximum body depth 19.1 % SL, disk length 7.9 % SL, anus midway between posterior margin of pelvic disk and anal-fin origin; body and fins light orange except blackish peritoneum.
- Subjects
CYCLOPTERIDAE; FISH morphology; FINS (Anatomy); ICHTHYOLOGY; PERITONEUM
- Publication
Ichthyological Research, 2018, Vol 65, Issue 2, p237
- ISSN
1341-8998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10228-017-0611-6