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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

Genus: Careproctus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Careproctus abbreviatus North Pacific 1930
Careproctus acaecus Appendageless snailfish Southwest Atlantic 5.5 SL 1991
Careproctus acanthodes Northwest Pacific 10.7 SL 1912
Careproctus aciculipunctatus Northeast Atlantic 21 TL 1997
Careproctus acifer Southern Ocean 10.8 SL 1998
Careproctus aculeolatus Small-spine snailfish Southwest Atlantic 11.4 TL 1991
Careproctus albescens Southeast Atlantic 23 TL 1927
Careproctus ambustus Scorched snailfish North Pacific 41 SL 2020
Careproctus ampliceps Southern Ocean 10.2 TL 1998
Careproctus armatus Southwest Atlantic 1991
Careproctus atakamensis Southeast Pacific 4.7 SL 1998
Careproctus atrans Southwest Atlantic 7.5 TL 1991
Careproctus attenuatus North Pacific 1912
Careproctus aureomarginatus Marginate snailfish Southwest Atlantic 6 SL 1991
Careproctus bathycoetus Northwest Pacific 16 SL 1912
Careproctus batialis Northwest Pacific. 16 TL 1933
Careproctus bowersianus Northeast Pacific 15.6 SL 1912
Careproctus brevipectoralis Short-finned snailfish Kuril Basin of the Sea of 15 SL 2020
Careproctus cactiformis Southwest Atlantic 1990
Careproctus canus Northwest Pacific 15.9 SL 1985
Careproctus carinatus Keel-belly tadpolefish Arctic 13.1 TL 2015
Careproctus catherinae Southern Ocean 21.6 SL 1998
Careproctus colletti Alaska snailfish North Pacific 44 TL 1896
Careproctus comus Comic snailfish Northeast Pacific 9.9 SL 2007
Careproctus continentalis Southeast Pacific 6.2 SL 1990
Careproctus credispinulosus Southern Ocean 1990
Careproctus crozetensis Antarctic, Indian Ocean 10.0 SL 2007
Careproctus curilanus Northwest Pacific 6.4 SL 1912
Careproctus cyclocephalus Northwest Pacific 29 SL 1983
Careproctus cypseluroides Northwest Pacific 1950
Careproctus cypselurus Falcate snailfish North Pacific 32.3 SL 1898
Careproctus derjugini Deryugin's tadpole Arctic to Northeast Atlan 21.7 SL 2005
Careproctus discoveryae Indian Ocean, Antarctic 7.0 SL 2007
Careproctus dubius Northeast Atlantic 1911
Careproctus ectenes Shovelhead snailfish Northeast Pacific 6.4 SL 1896
Careproctus eltaninae Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus falklandicus Southeast Pacific 1905
Careproctus faunus Mischievous snailfish Northeast Pacific 10.2 SL 2007
Careproctus fedorovi Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus filamentosus Northeast Pacific 18 SL 1978
Careproctus furcellus North Pacific 54 SL 1912
Careproctus georgianus Southern Ocean 1905
Careproctus gilberti Smalldisk snailfish Northeast Pacific 8.9 TL 1912
Careproctus globulus Globular snailfish Pacific Ocean 4.3 SL 2020
Careproctus guillemi Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus homopterus Northwest Pacific 4.3 SL 1912
Careproctus hyaleius Eastern Pacific 12.3 TL 1994
Careproctus improvisus Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus inflexidens Southern Ocean 22 TL 1998
Careproctus kamikawai Arbiter Snailfish Eastern Pacific 17.5 TL 2012
Careproctus karaensis Kara tadpolefish Arctic 14.2 TL 2015
Careproctus kidoi Kido's snailfish Northwest Atlantic 9.5 SL 2008
Careproctus knipowitschi Knipowitsch's tadpole Northeast Atlantic 18.5 TL 2005
Careproctus lacmi Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus lacrima Teardrop snailfish Northeast Pacific 6 SL 2021
Careproctus laperousei Laperouse snailfish Northwestern Pacific 12 SL 2020
Careproctus latiosus Broad-mouth tadpole Arctic Ocean 9.8 TL 2011
Careproctus leptorhinus Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus lerikimae Alaska 2015
Careproctus longifilis Stippled snailfish Eastern Pacific 16.2 SL 1892
Careproctus longipectoralis Southern Ocean 16.8 SL 1992
Careproctus longipinnis Longfin snailfish Northeast Atlantic 27 NG 1912
Careproctus lycopersicus Tomato Snailfish North Pacific 17.2 TL 2012
Careproctus macranchus Southwest Atlantic 1991
Careproctus macrodiscus Northwest Pacific 44 SL 1950
Careproctus macrophthalmus Large-eyed tadpole Northeast Atlantic 10.9 TL 2005
Careproctus maculosus Southwest Atlantic 4.6 SL 2006
Careproctus magellanicus Southern Ocean 2000
Careproctus marginatus Northwest Pacific 23.5 SL 1988
Careproctus maslenikovae Blushing snailfish Northeast Pacific 4.0 SL 2021
Careproctus mederi Northwest Pacific 1916
Careproctus melanuroides Northwest Pacific 1950
Careproctus melanurus Blacktail snailfish North Pacific 54 TL 1892
Careproctus merretti Merret's snailfish Northeast Atlantic 20.5 SL 1988
Careproctus mica Babbie tadpolefish Arctic 7.8 TL 2015
Careproctus micropus Northeast Atlantic 8.2 SL 1887
Careproctus microstomus Northeast Pacific 19.7 SL 1978
Careproctus minimus Southwest Atlantic 1998
Careproctus mollis Northeast Pacific 7.4 SL 1912
Careproctus moskalevi Moskalev’s tadpole Arctic Ocean 9 TL 2011
Careproctus narilobus South Pacific Ocean 16.3 TL 2012
Careproctus nigricans Northwest Pacific 17.3 SL 1950
Careproctus notosaikaiensis Notosaikai-bikunin Pacific Ocean 18.2 TL 2011
Careproctus novaezelandiae Southwest Pacific 9.5 SL 1990
Careproctus opisthotremus North Pacific 5 TL 1912
Careproctus oregonensis Smallfin snailfish Northeast Pacific 15.3 SL 1978
Careproctus ostentum North Pacific 1896
Careproctus ovigerus Abyssal snailfish Northeast Pacific 43.1 SL 1896
Careproctus pallidus Southeast Pacific 1888
Careproctus parvidiscus Northwest Pacific 17.7 SL 2002
Careproctus parviporatus Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus patagonicus Southwest Atlantic 2000
Careproctus paxtoni Blunt-tooth snailfish Southwest Pacific 14.4 SL 2001
Careproctus pellucicauda Pacific Ocean 12.6 SL 2012
Careproctus phasma North Pacific 1896
Careproctus polarsterni Southern Ocean 1992
Careproctus profundicola Southern Ocean 14.1 SL 1992
Careproctus pseudoprofundicola Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus pulcher Handsome snailfish Pacific Ocean 11 SL 2020
Careproctus pycnosoma North Pacific 7.9 SL 1912
Careproctus ranula Scotian snailfish Northern Atlantic 8.1 SL 1879
Careproctus rastrinoides Northwest Pacific 1950
Careproctus rastrinus Salmon snailfish Northeast Pacific 51 SL 1912
Careproctus reinhardti Sea tadpole Arctic 30 TL 1862
Careproctus rhodomelas Northwest Pacific 12 SL 1912
Careproctus rimiventris Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus rosa Rose tadpolefish Arctic 14.3 TL 2015
Careproctus roseofuscus Round snailfish Northwest Pacific 35 SL 1912
Careproctus rotundifrons Northwest Pacific 104.4 SL 2008
Careproctus sandwichensis Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus scaphopterus Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus scottae Northeast Pacific 1934
Careproctus segaliensis Northwest Pacific 6.9 SL 1912
Careproctus seraphimae Northwest Pacific 1950
Careproctus simus North Pacific 18.6 SL 1896
Careproctus sinensis Northwest Pacific 5.9 SL 1912
Careproctus solidus Thickset tadpole Arctic and Northeast Atla 11.8 SL 1999
Careproctus spectrum Northeast Pacific 1890
Careproctus spiraki Pimpled snailfish Northeast Pacific 5.5 SL 2021
Careproctus steini Southeast Pacific 1990
Careproctus stigmatogenus Southwest Atlantic 4.7 SL 2006
Careproctus surugaensis Suruga snailfsh Northwest Pacific 8.3 SL 2017
Careproctus tapirus Tapir tadpole Northeast Atlantic 13.9 SL 2005
Careproctus telescopus Telescope tadpole Northeast Atlantic 14 TL 2005
Careproctus trachysoma Northwest Pacific 31 SL 1912
Careproctus tricapitidens Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus uter Drop-shaped tadpolefish Arctic 2015
Careproctus vladibeckeri Southern Ocean 1998
Careproctus zachirus Northwest Pacific 32 TL 1985
Careproctus zispi Southern Ocean 1998



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013