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Careproctus aciculipunctatus
Careproctus aciculipunctatus, also called the speckled snailfish, is a species of fish in the family Liparidae (snailfish).
The specific name is from Latin acicula ("spinule") and punctatus ("dotted").
From the article Careproctus aciculipunctatus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Careproctus aciculipunctatus is maximum 21 cm (8.3 in) long, Its body and peritoneum are black. The pleural ribs are absent and there is one hypural plate, without slit. Its mouth is terminal (pointed straight forward) and its teeth simple. Its body is densely echinated (bristled) with very small spinules.
Range & habitat
Careproctus aciculipunctatus lives in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, to the southwest of Ireland; it was first discovered off the Porcupine Bank. It lives in the bathydemersal zone, up to 4,100 m (13,500 ft) deep.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 445749.