Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands
Author
Orr, James Wilder
Author
Busby, Morgan Scott
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-04-13
1173
1
37
journal article
27066
10.5281/zenodo.2645716
6fdc6a27-0f98-454c-8f0a-4be3f202b312
1175-5326
2645716
Key to species of
Allocareproctus
1A. Teeth trilobed, nearly all with moderate to strong lateral lobes; peritoneum pale or dark; nasal papilla present and unpigmented or absent................................................. 2
1B. Teeth simple, often with weak shoulders; peritoneum dark; nasal papilla present, pigmented ...................................................................................................................... 4
2A. Peritoneum pale; nasal papilla absent; interorbital papilla absent; Aleutian Islands: Kiska Island to the Islands of Four Mountains
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Allocareproctus tanix
n. sp.
2B. Peritoneum dark; nasal papilla present or absent; interorbital papilla present or absent ....................................................................................................................................... 3 3A. Nasal papilla absent; analfin rays 36–39; interorbital papilla present; papillae on maxillary pores 5–6 or 6 only; Aleutian Islands: Buldir Island to the Islands of Four Mountains
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Allocareproctus unangas
n. sp.
3B. Nasal papilla present; analfin rays 33–35; interorbital papilla present or absent; papillae on maxillary pores 4–6 or more; Aleutian Islands: Seguam Island to the Islands of Four Mountains
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Allocareproctus ungak
n. sp.
4A. Orobuccal cavity dark; orobuccal valve with 4–6 fingerlike projections; gill rakers 14–18; abdominal vertebrae 12; anterior part of body dark; interorbital papilla absent; Aleutian Islands: Seguam Island to the Islands of Four Mountains................................
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Allocareproctus kallaion
n. sp.
4B. Orobuccal cavity pale; orobuccal valve with 1 fingerlike projection; gill rakers 8–12; abdominal vertebrae 10–12; anterior part of body pale; interorbital papilla present or absent; Aleutian, Pribilof, and Kuril Islands;
Japan
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Allocareproctus jordani
(Burke)