| Main Ref. | Villarroel-Perez, M.L., N.V. Chernova, J.J.N. Weston, V. Vukasin and Z. Shcherbich, 2026 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral (shape guide) | elongated |
| Cross section | circular |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
The new species is distinguished from all 18 known species of Careproctus from southern South America and adjacent subantarctic waters by the following set of characters: strong pleural ribs; vertebrae 47; dorsal-fin rays 42, anal-fin rays 34, pectoral-fin rays 37; pleural ribs 3 pairs, 2 strongly developed; teeth simple; a long gill slit reaching pectoral-fin ray 18; pelvic disk large, about 33% of head length; distance from disk to anus greater than or equal to the disk length; pectoral-fin upper lobe 67% HL; skin naked, with thick subcutaneous gelatinous tissue. Colouration: uniform light-orange with deeper orange fin and disk margins (Ref. 138636). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | |
| Pored lateral line scales | |
| Scales in lateral series | |
| Scale rows above lateral line | |
| Scale rows below lateral line | |
| Scales around caudal peduncle | |
| Barbels | |
| Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
| Gill rakers | |
| on lower limb | |
| on upper limb | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | 12 - 12 |
| total | 47 - 47 |
| Attributes | |
| Fins number | |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 42 - 42 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 34 - 34 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 37 - 37 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays |