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Allocareproctus ungak

Allocareproctus ungak, the whiskered snailfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Liparidae, the snailfishes. These fish are found in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, inhabiting the Aleutian Islands.

Size

This species reaches a length of .

Etymology

The fish's name means, in Alutiiq, the native language of the Alaskan Peninsula, where this snailfish occurs, "whiskers", referring to the strong papillae on its many cephalic pores.

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