Allocareproctus
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| Allocareproctus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Liparidae |
| Genus: | Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Careproctus jordani | |
Allocareproctus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fish are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Allocareproctus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1993 by the Russian ichthyologists Dmitry Leonidovich Pitruk and Vladimir Vladimirovich Fedorov with Careproctus jordani as its only species. C. jordani had been described in 1930 by Charles Victor Burke with its type locality in Sagami Bay in Japan.[2] In 2006 James Wilder Orr and Morgan Scott Busby reviewed the genus, described 4 new species from the Aleutian Islands and confirmed the genus as a valid genus.[3]
Etymology
Allocareproctus is made up of Careproctus, the original genus of A. jordani, prefixed with allo, which means "other", i.e. close to Careproctus.[4]
Species
Allocareproctus has 5 species currently classified within it:[5]
- Allocareproctus jordani (Burke, 1930) (Cherry snailfish)
- Allocareproctus kallaion J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006 (Combed snailfish)
- Allocareproctus tanix J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006 (Peach snailfish)
- Allocareproctus unangas J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006 (Goldeneye snailfish)
- Allocareproctus ungak J. W. Orr & Busby, 2006 (Whiskered snailfish)
