Allocareproctus tanix
| Peach snailfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Allocareproctus |
| Species: | A. tanix
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| Binomial name | |
| Allocareproctus tanix J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006
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Allocareproctus tanix, the peach snailfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fish are found in the North Pacific Ocean in the Eastern and central Aleutian Islands.[1]
Size
This species reaches a length of 7.8 cm (3.1 in).[2]
Etymology
The fishes name is an Aleut word meaning forehead, referring to absence of nasal papillae on its pale head. The species is endemic to the Aleutian Islands, hence the use of a local language.[3]
References
- ^ Orr, J.W. and M.S. Busby, 2006. Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 1173:1-37.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Allocareproctus tanix". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family LIPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 May 2025.