Two New Variegated Snailfishes of the Genus Careproctus (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska Author James Wilder Orr Author Katherine Pearson Maslenikov text Copeia 2007 2007 3 699 710 journal article 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[699:Tnvsot]2.0.Co;2 4aa72488-dd6c-45a7-b5f6-9da8e38a5ac3 269704 Careproctus Kröyer 1862 Diagnosis.— Careproctus is distinguished from all other liparids by the following characters: one pair of nostrils; pseudobranch absent; pelvic disk present, small to large; pectoral fins typically with fewer rays than anal fin, with or without developed lower lobe, notch variable; body color uniformly dark or light, often gradually darkening posteriorly when light, rarely variegated (Stein et al., 2001 , emended). Comments.— The genus Careproctus has been diagnosed in part by the lack of a variegated color pattern ( Kido, 1988 ; Andriashev and Stein, 1998 ; Stein et al., 2001 ). However, both new species described herein possess this general coloration. While the two new species are apparently sister species forming a clade diagnosed by color and a unique character of the pectoral fin described below, liparid phylogenetics are poorly understood and additional new species are awaiting description and probable discovery ( Andriashev and Stein, 1998 ; Stein et al., 2001 ; Chernova et al., 2004 ). Therefore, rather than erect a new genus to accommodate these differences, we have emended the diagnosis of Careproctus by broadening it to include the body coloration of these new species.