Careproctus lycopersicus Orr, 2012, new species

• Main Author: James Wilder Orr
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Scorpaeniformes; Liparidae; Careproctus; Careproctus lycopersicus; Bering Sea; Schaefer; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5684082; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5684082

Careproctus lycopersicus, new species Tomato Snailfish Figures 1 A, 2 A Holotype.— UW 119819, 151 mm, 172 mm TL, female, 56.0153 °N, 168.8771 °W, 1096 m depth, F/V Vesteraalen, cruise 200801, haul 178, D. E. Stevenson, 30 July 2008. Paratypes.— Six specimens, 87–149 mm: Bering Sea: UW 119817, 149 mm, 170 mm TL, female, 60.2644 °N, 179.1675 °W, 877 m depth, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200001, haul 84, J. W. Orr, 12 July 2000; UW 119815, 87 mm, 102 mm TL, female, 56.5081 °N, 172.4174 °W, 941 m depth, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200001, haul 47, G. R. Hoff, 1 July 2000; SIO 11-371 (ex UW 119814), 128 mm, 145 mm TL, female, 56.5118 °N, 172.3935 °W, 923 m depth, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200202, haul 115, D. E. Stevenson, 14 July 2002; UW 119813, 102 mm, 117 mm TL, female, 58.5291 °N, 175.0591 °W, 1038 m depth, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200202, haul 106, D. E. Stevenson, 11 July 2002. Aleutian Islands: UW 119816, 116 mm, 133 mm TL, male, 52.6504 °N, 172.244 °W, 397 m depth, F/V Dominator, cruise 199701, haul 74, R. C. Harrison, 26 June 1997; UW 119818, 91 mm, 114 mm TL, female, 56.0206 °N, 168.9360 °W, 1157 m depth, F/V Vester- aalen, cruise 201001, haul 119, S. Kotwicki, 1 July 2010. 1 NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, RACE Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115; E-mail: [e-mail]. Submitted: 5 April 2011. Accepted: 20 December 2011. Associate Editor: S. A. Schaefer. © 2012 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists DOI:10.1643/CI-11-046 Non-type material.— Three specimens in poor condition: UW 119812, 2, 145 – 152 mm, females, 60.2539 °N, 179.2123 °W, 996 m depth, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200202, haul 80, L. L. Britt, 28 June 2002; UW 118522, ca. 140 mm TL, 56.6981 °N, 173.2926 °W, 304 m, F/V Morning Star, cruise 200001, haul 113, J. W. Orr, 17 July 2000. Diagnosis.— Careproctus lycopersicus is distinguished from all other species of Careproctus by the combination of broad rows of strongly trilobed teeth on both the premaxilla and ...