Fish Identification: Find Species

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 Central 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		Arctic		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 nelsoni	Saddleback snailfish	Northern Pacific	6.8 SL	2016
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 staufferi	Wry snailfish	North Pacific	9.0 SL	2016
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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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: TeleosteiOrder: Perciformes/CottoideiFamily: Liparidae SnailfishesGenus: Careproctus(See list of species below)

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

Genus: Careproctus

(See list of species below)