Scientific Name
Allocareproctus tanix

Common Name
Peach snailfish

Biology
Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal papilla absent; other pore papillae are reduced, invariably present only on maxillary pore 6; peritoneum pale; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 9-10, short and blunt; interorbital papilla absent; pyloric caeca on left side, short; body peach to red; iris golden (Ref. 57077).

Classification

Classified By

Orr & Busby, 2006

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Snailfishes (Liparidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Eastern and central Aleutian Islands.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Deep-water

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

104 m

Depth To - meters

620 m

Zone

bathydemersal

Environment

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 104 - 620 m (Ref. 57077)

Trophic Level

3.29 s.e. 0.46 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

7.76 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5312 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated