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Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); macrophthalmus: Name refers to the large-eye trait of this species..
More on author: Chernova.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 260 - 275 m (Ref. 41470). Temperate

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Northeast Atlantic: Barents Sea.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - 9.7 cm
Max length : 10.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 41470)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 53-56; Raggi anali molli: 48 - 51; Vertebre: 59 - 62. Diagnosis: Long-finned, slit-eyed careproct with slanted mouth and silvery belly and peritoneum; body low, cylindrical, its greatest body depth 93% head length (HL); head wide and flattened, its width almost equal to greatest depth; upper ray of pectoral found at the level of lower edge of eye, base of lower ray at the vertical of anterior third of eye; eye large (27% HL); teeth similar in size; gill slit against eye 0.9 of its diameter; disc, 24% HL (Ref. 41470).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Chernova, N.V., 2005. New species of Careproctus Liparidae fom the Barents Sea and adjacent waters. J. Ichthyol. 45(9):689-690. (Ref. 41470)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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Careproctus macrophthalmus Chernova, 2005