Deep-sea snailfish (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) of genera Careproctus and Paraliparis from the Crozet Basin (Southern Ocean)

• Main Authors: Duhamel, Guy, King, Nicola
• Other Authors: Biologie des organismes marins et écosystèmes (BOME), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2007
• Subjects: Liparidae; Careproctus discoveryae; Careproctus crozetensis; Paraliparis wolffi; PSE; Southern Ocean; Crozet Basin; [SDV.BID.SPT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics; Phylogenetics and taxonomy; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00218225

International audience Three recent deep-sea trawls (4182-4270 m) close to the Crozet Islands have provided five specimens of previously unknown liparid fishes. Four of these represent three new species and are described herein: Careproctus crozetensis, C. discoveryae an d Paraliparis wolffi the fifth specimen belongs to another species but it is badly damaged and could be partially described only