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Stout snailfish
Careproctus pycnosoma Gilbert & Burke, 1912
Also calledТолстый карепрокт (rus)
First described in: Gilbert, C. H.; Burke, C. V. (1912). New cyclogasterid fishes from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 42 (no. 1907): 351-380, Pls. 41-48.
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Careproctus pycnosoma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2336103.