Careproctus Kroyer 1862

• Main Author: Stein, David L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Scorpaeniformes; Liparidae; Careproctus; Ross Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251564; https://zenodo.org/record/5251564

Key to Ross Sea Careproctus 1a. Vertebrae more than 50.................................................................................... 2 1b. Vertebrae fewer than 50.................................................................................... 5 2a. Vertebrae more than 60, HL 16% SL, D 60.......................................... C. inflexidens Andriashev & Stein 2b. Vertebrae 50–60, HL greater than 20% SL, D 52 or fewer......................................................... 3 3a. P rays fewer than 23, pyloric caeca absent, ma ~16% SL, aAf ~17% SL............ C. pseudoprofundicola Andriashev & Stein 3b. P rays more than 24, pyloric caeca present, ma greater than 20% SL, aAf 15% SL or less............................... 4 4a. Pyloric caeca 4–6, preA less than 39% SL, radials 3 (2+0+1).................................... C. polarsterni Duhamel 4b. Pyloric caeca 10–12, preA greater than 43% SL, radials 2 (1+0+0+1).................... C. vladibeckeri Andriashev & Stein 5a. P rays 25 (14–15+3–4+7), radials 2 (1+0+0+1), disk 20% HL............................ C. ampliceps Andriashev & Stein 5b. P rays 37–38 (28–29+9), radials 4 (3+1), disk 40–43% HL.............................. C. catherinae Andriashev & Stein : Published as part of Stein, David L., 2012, Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters 3285, pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 3285 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.283120