Arbiter Snailfish
Careproctus kamikawai
Also known as: Deepsea Snailfish
- Deepsea Snailfish
Overview
Found swimming against the current, hovering above the sea floor, looking for victims, in very deep waters of the ocean. When resting it will hold tight to rocks, with suction-cup fins on its belly!
Northeastern Pacific - California
Snailfish are scaleless with a thin, loose gelatinous skin
How to identify
- Head & Mouth
- mouth dimples
- Behaviour
- hovering
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found swimming against the current, hovering above the sea floor, looking for victims, in very deep waters of the ocean.
Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- familyLiparidae
- genusCareproctus
- speciesCareproctus kamikawai Orr, 2012
SourcesWoRMS
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