Indigo snailfish

Careproctus cypselurus

Slender Fish from Japanese Waters

Indigo snailfish is known from North Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Careproctus
Maximum length: 32.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North Pacific: off Japan, and from the Sea of Okhotsk to off Washington, USA.

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