Merret's snailfish is silvery-pink in colour, with a black peritoneum. Its maximum length is 20.5 centimetres (8.1 in).[6] It has 69 vertebrae. Its hypural plate (expanded ends of the hypurals that form a wide, fan-like plate onto which the caudal fin rays are attached) is single, and there are no epurals.[7][8]
^Assessor), Ç Keskin (Mediterranean Marine Fish; Juan Gil Herrera (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Cádiz); Hcmr), Costas Papaconstantinou (Hellenic Centre of Marine Research; Luis Gil de Sola (Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (April 18, 2014). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Careproctus merretti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
^Priede, I. G. (August 10, 2017). Deep-Sea Fishes: Biology, Diversity, Ecology and Fisheries. Cambridge University Press. ISBN9781107083820 – via Google Books.
merret, snailfish, careproctus, merretti, also, called, snakehead, snailfish, species, fish, family, liparidae, conservation, status, data, deficient, iucn, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, actinopteryg. Merret s snailfish Careproctus merretti also called the snakehead snailfish 2 is a species of fish in the family Liparidae 3 4 Merret s snailfish Conservation status Data Deficient IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Scorpaeniformes Family Liparidae Genus Careproctus Species C merretti Binomial name Careproctus merrettiAndriashev amp Chernova 1988 Contents 1 Etymology 2 Description 3 Habitat 4 ReferencesEtymology editIt is named for the British ichthyologist Nigel Merrett born 1940 5 Description editMerret s snailfish is silvery pink in colour with a black peritoneum Its maximum length is 20 5 centimetres 8 1 in 6 It has 69 vertebrae Its hypural plate expanded ends of the hypurals that form a wide fan like plate onto which the caudal fin rays are attached is single and there are no epurals 7 8 Habitat editMerret s snailfish lives in the Porcupine Abyssal Plain it is bathydemersal and non migratory living at depths of up to 3 990 m 13 090 ft 7 9 References edit Assessor C Keskin Mediterranean Marine Fish Juan Gil Herrera Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia IEO Centro Oceanografico de Cadiz Hcmr Costas Papaconstantinou Hellenic Centre of Marine Research Luis Gil de Sola Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia IEO Centro Oceanografico de Malaga April 18 2014 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Careproctus merretti IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ADW Careproctus merretti CLASSIFICATION animaldiversity org Quero Jean Claude September 8 2003 Guide des poissons de l Atlantique europeen Delachaux et Niestle ISBN 9782603012710 via Google Books Journal of Ichthyology Scripta Publishing Company September 8 2005 via Google Books Journal of Ichthyology Scripta Publishing Company September 8 1989 via Google Books WoRMS World Register of Marine Species Careproctus merretti Andriashev amp Chernova 1988 www marinespecies org a b Careproctus merretti Merret s snailfish www fishbase se FishBase Glossary www fishbase de Priede I G August 10 2017 Deep Sea Fishes Biology Diversity Ecology and Fisheries Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781107083820 via Google Books nbsp This class Actinopterygii ray finned fish related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Merret 27s snailfish amp oldid 1196515123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
