Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1680 m (Ref. 138636). Deep-water
Southwestern Atlantic: Falkland Plateau.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 42; Anal soft rays: 34; Vertebrae: 47. 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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: circular.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Villarroel-Perez, M.L., N.V. Chernova, J.J.N. Weston, V. Vukasin and Z. Shcherbich, 2026. A new species of Careproctus (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from the Falkland Plateau, southwestern Atlantic, with COI-based phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa, 5777(3):453-470. (Ref. 138636)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00447 (0.00206 - 0.00966), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |