TY - JOUR
T1 - Careproctus kidoi, a new Arctic species of snailfish (Teleostei
T2 - Liparidae) from Baffin Bay
AU - Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm
AU - Møller, Peter Rask
PY - 2008/5/1
Y1 - 2008/5/1
N2 - Careproctus kidoi sp. nov. is described from the Baffin Bay between Greenland and Canada, in the northern most part of the western North Atlantic. During a series of bottom trawl surveys conducted in 1988-2004, 22 specimens of an undescribed species of Careproctus were caught at depths between 952 and 1,487 m. It differs from Arctic and North Atlantic congeners in the combination of the characters: pectoral fin rays 21-26, dorsal fin rays 54-60, anal fin rays 50-54, vertebrae 61-64; sucking disc oval, 4.2-6.6% SL; teeth simple; pyloric coeca 3-12; head pore formula (2-6-7-1); color light to dark brown, stomach dusky to dark brown, peritoneum black. It is generally found in deeper waters than the sympatric C. reinhardti.
AB - Careproctus kidoi sp. nov. is described from the Baffin Bay between Greenland and Canada, in the northern most part of the western North Atlantic. During a series of bottom trawl surveys conducted in 1988-2004, 22 specimens of an undescribed species of Careproctus were caught at depths between 952 and 1,487 m. It differs from Arctic and North Atlantic congeners in the combination of the characters: pectoral fin rays 21-26, dorsal fin rays 54-60, anal fin rays 50-54, vertebrae 61-64; sucking disc oval, 4.2-6.6% SL; teeth simple; pyloric coeca 3-12; head pore formula (2-6-7-1); color light to dark brown, stomach dusky to dark brown, peritoneum black. It is generally found in deeper waters than the sympatric C. reinhardti.
KW - Deep-sea fishes
KW - Greenland
KW - Nunavut
KW - Polar fishes
U2 - 10.1007/s10228-007-0034-x
DO - 10.1007/s10228-007-0034-x
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:44049088376
SN - 1341-8998
VL - 55
SP - 175
EP - 182
JO - Ichthyological Research
JF - Ichthyological Research
IS - 2
ER -