Fish Identification: Find Species

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

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: ScorpaeniformesFamily: Liparidae SnailfishesGenus: Careproctus(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Liparidae Snailfishes

Genus: Careproctus

(See list of species below)