Merret's snailfish

Merret's snailfish
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Liparidae
Genus:	Careproctus
Species:	C. merretti
Binomial name
Careproctus merretti Andriashev & Chernova, 1988

Merret's snailfish (Careproctus merretti), also called the snakehead snailfish, ^[2] is a species of fish in the family Liparidae. ^{[3] [4]}

Etymology

It is named for the British ichthyologist Nigel Merrett (born 1940). ^[5]

Description

Merret's snailfish is silvery-pink in colour, with a black peritoneum. Its maximum length is 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in). ^[6] It has 69 vertebrae. Its hypural plate (expanded ends of the hypurals that form a wide, fan-like plate onto which the caudal fin rays are attached) is single, and there are no epurals. ^{[7] [8]}

Habitat

Merret's snailfish lives in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain; it is bathydemersal and non-migratory, living at depths of up to 3,990 m (13,090 ft). ^{[7] [9]}

References

1. Keskin, Ç.; Herrera, J.; Papaconstantinou, C.; de Sola, L. (2014). "Careproctus merretti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T18237516A45128580. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T18237516A45128580.en .
2. "ADW: Careproctus merretti: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org.
3. Quéro, Jean-Claude (September 8, 2003). Guide des poissons de l'Atlantique européen. Delachaux et Niestlé. ISBN   978-2-603-01271-0 – via Google Books.
4. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 8, 2005 – via Google Books.
5. "Journal of Ichthyology". Scripta Publishing Company. September 8, 1989 – via Google Books.
6. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus merretti Andriashev & Chernova, 1988". www.marinespecies.org.
7. "Careproctus merretti, Merret's snailfish". www.fishbase.se.
8. "FishBase Glossary". www.fishbase.de.
9. Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-107-08382-0 – via Google Books.