sea tadpole

Careproctus reinhardti

Three hundred eggs four mm

sea tadpole is known around Arctic as a marine fish; It occurs in deep water, and the largest recorded length is 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Liparidae
Genus: Careproctus
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Arctic: Kara and Laptev seas. Atlantic: Faroe-Shetland Channel to the Norwegian Sea, Spitsbergen, Murmansk and throughout Barents Sea; one specimen from Skagerrak; Newfoundland and Labrador (Ref. 9926 ). Reported from Greenland (Ref. 9926 ) and Iceland (Ref. 12462 ).

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