Careproctus telescopus Chernova, 2005
Telescope tadpole

Family:  Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Max. size:  14 cm TL (female)
Environment:  bathydemersal; marine; depth range 260 - 307 m
Distribution:  Northeast Atlantic: Barents Sea.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 54-56; Anal soft rays: 49-51; Vertebrae: 59-61. Diagnosis: Long-finned, slit-eyed careproct with horizontal mouth and silvery coloration of belly and peritoneum; snout large, bluntly truncated; mouth slit reaches vertical of eye center; deep rostral fold; eye 25-28% of head length (HL) (juveniles goggle-eyed), small longitudinally oval pupil, 1/6-1/9 eye diameter; gill opening 1.0-1.2 eye diameter; opercular lobe rounded; teeth even, similar in size; interorbital space wide 56-57% HL; greatest body depth 90-100% HL; cuplike disc 20.5-21% HL (Ref. 41470).
Biology:  Immature female (13.8 cm SL) has small ovarian eggs not more than 1 mm in diameter (Ref. 41470).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.