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bigeye snailfish
Temnocora candida (Gilbert & Burke, 1912)
Temnocora is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. Its only species is Temnocora candida, the bigeye snailfish, which is found in the far northern Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths of from 64 to 400 metres (210 to 1,312 ft). This species grows to a length of 10.6 centimetres (4.2 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. The bigeye snailfish is usually found around sand, pebbles, and rocky bottoms. It is also harmless to humans.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Bigeye Snailfish or Crested Snailfish. To 10.6 cm (4.2 in) SL. Western North Pacific Ocean off northern Kuril Islands and south-eastern Kamchatka; south-eastern Bering Sea (56 ° 17 ’ N, 168 ° 45 ’ W) (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington) and Aleutian Islands to north-western Gulf of Alaska at Cook Inlet. Depth: 64 – 400 m (210 – 1,312 ft). All except Bering Sea record in Mecklenburg et al. (2002). Previously Careproctus candidus Gilbert & Burke, 1912. The descriptions of two closely related new species are being prepared (Gardner, Orr, and Tornabene).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
materials_examined
USNM 74384, 60.7 mm, holotype, off Attu I., ALBATROSS Sta. 4784; UW 48241, 2, 65 – 75 mm, 52.40 ° N, 171.83 ° W, 271 m depth, F / V DOMINATOR, cruise 200001, haul 53, benthic bag, 31 May 2000, J. W. Orr; UW 111860, 83.4 mm, 52.31 ° N, 175.82 ° E, 229 m depth, F / V DOMINATOR, cruise 199701, haul 243, benthic bag, 9 Aug. 1997; UW 111861, 70.1 mm, 52.50 ° N, 173.56 ° W, 230 m depth, F / V DOMINATOR, cruise 200001, haul 61, benthic bag, 2 June 2000, J. W. Orr; UW 111870, 77.9 mm, 52.34 ° N, 179.89 ° W, 159 m depth, F / V DOMINATOR, cruise 199701, haul 164, 21 July 1997; UW 111862, 67.8 mm, 52.60 ° N, 169.36 ° W, 231 m depth, F / V MORNING STAR, cruise 200101, haul 1, benthic bag, 20 May 2001, J. W. Orr; UW 113665, 4, 55 – 75 mm, 52.16 ° N, 179.49 ° E, 242 m depth, F / V VESTERAA- LEN, cruise 200201, haul 176, benthic bag, 13 July 2002, R. N. Clark; UW 113701, 72 mm, 51.91 ° N, 178.25 ° E, 249 m depth, F / V VESTERAALEN, cruise 200201, haul 152, benthic bag, 6 July 2002; UW 113700, 60 mm, 52.21 ° N, 174.94 ° W, 206 m depth, F / V SEA STORM, cruise 200201, haul 5, 13 June 2002; UW 113708, 2, 72 – 83 mm, 52.16 ° N, 179.49 ° E, 242 m depth, F / V VESTERAA- LEN, cruise 200201, haul 176, 13
Two New Variegated Snailfishes of the Genus Careproctus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Where it has been recorded
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Every page naming Temnocora candida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2336457.