Careproctus Kroyer 1862

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 ~1...

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Main Author: Stein, David L.
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Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5251565
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5251565
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Summary: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