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Liparidae (Snailfishes)
Etymology: Careproctus: Greek, kara = face + Greek, proktos = anus (Ref. 45335); karaensis: Named for its type locality, Kara Sea.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 116680). Polar
Arctic: Kara Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116680)
Collected by pelagic trawling, 0-30 m above the eastern slope of the Novaya Zemlya Depression (193 m deep); suggesting the pelagic habitat of this species. According to field study, the surface water temperature at the locality was 5-7°C, thermocline was situated at a depth from 20 to 30 m, and water temperature of the whole water mass below up to bottom was negative (-0.6 to -0.7°C), salinity 33.31-34.33 ppt from surface to bottom. Most likely that this species inhabits the layer closely below the thermocline where zooplankton organisms produced large concentration there; that is, in water of negative temperatures (Ref. .116680)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chernova, N.V., 2014. New species of the genus Careproctus (Liparidae) from the Kara Sea and identification key for congeners of the North Atlantic and Arctic. J. Ichthyol. 54(10):757-780. (Ref. 116680)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00457 (0.00208 - 0.01002), b=3.17 (2.99 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
