Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov 1993

• Main Authors: James Wilder Orr, Morgan Scott Busby
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Scorpaeniformes; Liparidae; Allocareproctus; Careproctus; Careproctus jordani; Agattu; Attu; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6262489; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262489

Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov 1993 Figures 1-13; Tables 1-4 Type species: Careproctus jordani Burke, by original designation of Pitruk & Fedorov (1993). Comparative material examined Careproctus attenuatus, USNM 74386, ca. 32 mm, Aleutian Islands, S of Agattu I., 52.24ºN, 174.22ºE, 882 m depth, 7 June 1906, R/V Alabatross, sta. 4781 (poor condition); Careproctus opisthotremus, USNM 74385, 39.8 mm, Aleutian Islands, S of Agattu I., 52.02ºN, 174.65ºE, 1913 m depth, 7 June 1906, R/V Albatross, sta. 4780; Careproctus ectenes, USNM 48618, ca. 50 mm, and USNM 53031, ca. 50 mm, Aleutian Islands, N of Unalaska I., 54.03ºN, 166.81ºW, 640 m depth, 21 August 1890, R/V Albatross, sta. 3331 (poor condition); Careproctus pycnosoma, USNM 73340, 39 mm, Kuril Islands, off Simushir I., 46.7ºN 151.75ºE, 419 m depth, 24 June 1906, R/V Albatross, sta. 4803; Careproctus curilanus, USNM 73341, 64 mm, Kuril Islands, off Simushir I., 46.7ºN, 151.75ºE, 419 m depth, 24 June 1906, R/V Albatross, sta. 4803; Careproctus candidus, USNM 74384, holotype, 60.7 mm, and USNM 74527, paratypes, 2(57-63 mm), 52.93ºN, 173.43ºE, 247 m depth, R/V Albatross, sta. 4784, off Attu I., 11 June 1906; Lopholiparis flerxi, UW 47868, 32.5 mm, holotype, Aleutian Islands, off Ulak Island, 51.4593ºN, 178.4612ºW, 285 m depth, F/V Vesteraalen, cruise 2000-01, haul 120, 20 June 2000, W.C. Flerx; Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis, UW 42431, 88 mm, holotype, Aleutian Islands, Seguam Pass, 52.3184ºN, 172.7453ºW, 455 m depth, 22 June 1997, F/V Vesteraalen, cruise 2000-01, haul 58, W.C. Flerx. Diagnosis Small papillae present on some pores of cephalic lateralis system (Figs. 3-4); nasal pores 2, maxillary pores 6, preoperculomandibular pores 7, suprabranchial pores 2 (pore pattern 2-6-7-2; Fig. 4A); symplectic extending to medial aspect of quadrate and metapterygoid (Fig. 5); tips of anterior 4-8 dorsal-fin rays extending beyond dorsal-fin membrane (Fig. 3); pelvic disk large, 30-45% HL; gill slit small, entirely above pectoral fin; nare single; pseudobranch ...