Three new snailfishes (Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from bathyal depths of the Arctic

A.P. Andriashev and N.V. Chernova

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2010, 314(4): 365–380 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2010.314.4.365

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Abstract

Three new species of snailfishes caught in the Norwegian Sea south-west of Bear Island at a depth 1470 to 1695 m, are described. Careproctus moskalevi sp. nov. and Careproctus latiosus sp. nov. are most similar to C. micropus (Gunther, 1887) from the depths of Faroe Channel; they are included in subgenus Careproctula Andriashev 2003. Diagnosis of the endemic arctic genus Rhodichthys is corrected. The second species of this genus is described, Rhodichthys melanocephalus sp. nov.

Key words

Arctic, deep-water fishes, taxonomy, Careproctus, Rhodichthys

Submitted October 1, 2010 · Accepted October 15, 2010 · Published December 25, 2010

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