WoRMS taxon details
Careproctus melanurus Gilbert, 1892
254549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254549)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Careproctus melanurus Gilbert, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254549 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Gilbert, C. H. (1892). Descriptions of thirty-four new species of fishes collected in 1888 and 1889, principally among the Santa Barbara Islands and in the Gulf of California. <em>In: Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 14 (no. 880): 539-566. [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]





Language | Name | |
---|---|---|
English | blacktail snailfish | [details] |
French | limace à queue noire | [details] |
Japanese | ヒガシコンニャクウオ | [details] |
Russian | Чернохвостый карепрокт | [details] |
Spanish | baboso colinegra | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Careproctus melanurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Careproctus melanurus, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Careproctus melanurus)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Careproctus melanurus, by Orlov, A.)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To ITIS