Careproctus ovigerus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Scorpaeniformes/Liparidae/Careproctus

At a glance

Occurrence records28

Data sources6

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Careproctus ovigerus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System22 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS28 records

01Narrative

Careproctus ovigerus, commonly known as the abyssal snailfish, is a species of snailfish found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. It is found at depths of 1920-2910 m off northern British Columbia and off Washington state.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length43.1 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Other traits3

Depth max2 910 m

Depth min1 920 m

Vulnerability41.03

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type28 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered11

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO52 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight1

1–4 km midnight18

>4 km abyssal0

median 2 064.2 m · max 2 904 m · 20 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4

4 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 11 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	2
UWFClocation not on record	1
Washington, US	1

3 institutions · 4 of 11 vouchered records shown