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Allocareproctus unangas Orr & Busby, 2006 Goldeneye snailfish |
| Family: | Liparidae (Snailfishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 12.97 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 210 - 465 m | |||
| Distribution: | North Pacific: Aleutian Is. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Diagnosis: Teeth are strongly trilobed; nasal papilla absent; papillae associated with few pores, invariably present only on maxillary pore 6 and suprabranchial pores 1-2 ; peritoneum dark; orobuccal valve with 1 finger-like projection; orobuccal cavity pale; gill rakers 8-12, short and blunt; interorbital papilla present; pyloric caeca on left side, short; body color light red; iris golden (Ref. 57077). | |||
| Biology: | Smallest female with yolked eggs measured 9.1 cm SL; smallest male with enlarged, swollen testes 7.67 cm SL. Eggs were collected from the octocoral Primnoa sp. from Seguam Pass, with eggs of another liparid (Ref. 57077). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||