Cherry snailfish (Allocareproctus jordani)

Scientific name: Allocareproctus jordani Burke, 1930

Cherry snailfish (Allocareproctus jordani)

The Cherry snailfish (Allocareproctus jordani) is a marine fish of the family Liparidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, off Honshu, Japan at Sagami Bay, Kuril Islands, and eastern Okhotsk Sea.

Biology

Diagnosis: Simple teeth or with weak shoulders; nasal pore 1 with pigmented papilla; black peritoneum; single, finger-like projection on the orobuccal valve, its cavity pale; gill rakers 8 - 12, short and blunt; interorbital papilla may be present or absent; pyloric caeca on the right side; body is red; iris silver gray.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Allocareproctus jordani
Family
Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
34.0
Common length
20.0
Depth range
75–631 m (246–2070 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 75 - 631 m, usually 300 - 500 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: off Honshu, Japan at Sagami Bay, Kuril Islands, and eastern Okhotsk Sea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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