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Careproctus
Careproctus is a genus of snailfishes found in benthic and benthopelagic habitats in the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Southern Oceans. Whether they truly are absent from the Indian Ocean (except for a couple of species in subantarctic waters) is unknown and might be an artifact of limited sampling. They range from shallow coastal seas in the far north of their range to the abyssal zone, at depths of 6 to 5,459 m (20–17,910 ft). In the Northern Hemisphere they mostly live shallower than Paraliparis, but this pattern is reversed in the Southern Hemisphere. Although almost entirely restricted to very cold waters, a single species, C. hyaleius, lives at hydrothermal vents.
Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek κάρα (kára) "face, head" and πρωκτός (prōktόs) "anus", therefore literally meaning "butt-face", because of the position of the anus under the head.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 141 known species
Sea Tadpole
speciesCareproctus reinhardti
Blacktail Snailfish
speciesCareproctus melanurus
Peachskin Snailfish
speciesCareproctus scottae
Salmon Snailfish
speciesCareproctus rastrinus
Falcate Snailfish
speciesCareproctus cypselurus
Careproctus pallidus
speciesCareproctus pallidus
Emarginate Snailfish
speciesCareproctus furcellus
Careproctus micropus
speciesCareproctus micropus
Blunt-tooth Snailfish
speciesCareproctus paxtoni
Scorched Snailfish
speciesCareproctus ambustus
Arbiter Snailfish
speciesCareproctus kamikawai
Smalldisk Snailfish
speciesCareproctus gilberti
Careproctus macrodiscus
speciesCareproctus macrodiscus
Careproctus mederi
speciesCareproctus mederi
Rough Snailfish
speciesCareproctus trachysoma
Careproctus latiosus
speciesCareproctus latiosus
Careproctus lycopersicus
speciesCareproctus lycopersicus
Careproctus moskalevi
speciesCareproctus moskalevi
Careproctus lerikimae
speciesCareproctus lerikimae
Careproctus mica
speciesCareproctus mica
Careproctus surugaensis
speciesCareproctus surugaensis
Dark snailfish
speciesCareproctus yanceyi
Careproctus cryptacanthoides
speciesCareproctus cryptacanthoides
Careproctus maslenikovae
speciesCareproctus maslenikovae
Careproctus spiraki
speciesCareproctus spiraki
Careproctus lacrima
speciesCareproctus lacrima
Careproctus canusocius
speciesCareproctus canusocius
Careproctus cyanogladius
speciesCareproctus cyanogladius
Careproctus orri
speciesCareproctus orri
Careproctus tomiyamai
speciesCareproctus tomiyamai
Careproctus entargyreus
speciesCareproctus entargyreus
Careproctus sarasa
speciesCareproctus sarasa
Careproctus pellucidus
speciesCareproctus pellucidus
Careproctus entomelas
speciesCareproctus entomelas
Careproctus iacchus
speciesCareproctus iacchus
Careproctus nelsoni
speciesCareproctus nelsoni
Careproctus staufferi
speciesCareproctus staufferi
Careproctus furcatus
speciesCareproctus furcatus
Careproctus longidigitus
speciesCareproctus longidigitus
Careproctus pulcher
speciesCareproctus pulcher
Careproctus brevipectoralis
speciesCareproctus brevipectoralis
Careproctus laperousei
speciesCareproctus laperousei
Careproctus globulus
speciesCareproctus globulus
Careproctus fueguensis
speciesCareproctus fueguensis
Careproctus rausuensis
speciesCareproctus rausuensis
Careproctus klisi
speciesCareproctus klisi
Careproctus bromius
speciesCareproctus bromius
Careproctus longibarbatus
speciesCareproctus longibarbatus
Careproctus barbatulus
speciesCareproctus barbatulus
Careproctus spinulosus
speciesCareproctus spinulosus
Careproctus rhomboides
speciesCareproctus rhomboides
Japanese Little Snailfish
speciesCareproctus io
Careproctus schmidti
speciesCareproctus schmidti
Bumpy snailfish
speciesCareproctus colliculi
Careproctus pellucicauda
speciesCareproctus pellucicauda
Careproctus pseudoprofundicola
speciesCareproctus pseudoprofundicola
Careproctus profundicola
speciesCareproctus profundicola
Careproctus patagonicus
speciesCareproctus patagonicus
Careproctus phasma
speciesCareproctus phasma
Careproctus polarsterni
speciesCareproctus polarsterni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 172636.