Table 2 in Two New Species of Snailfishes (Cottiformes: Liparidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and a Redescription of the Closely Related Careproctus candidus

Table 2. Diagnostic characters for species of Careproctus in subgenus Temnocora (of Orr et al., 2019). Characters for species not described herein taken from species descriptions (Orr and Maslenikov, 2007; Orr, 2016; Kai et al., 2018).
C. candidusC. klisiC. bromiusC. comusC. faunusC. iacchusC. staufferiTotal vertebrae46– 5147– 5144 – 4756 – 6152 – 5649– 5244 – 46Pectoral-fin ray count31– 4136 – 3930 – 3633 – 3932 – 383636 – 44Orbit length31.2 – 47.6 % HL30.4 – 40.5 % HL31.1 – 46.5 % HL33.7 – 44.2 % HL31.7 – 46.0 % HL24.3 – 26.6 % HL24.7 – 34.5 % HLSmallest ripe female (SL)65.5 mmnone found35.3 mm72.8 mm91.3 mmnone found71 mmLargest specimen94.7 mm106.0 mm46.9 mm98.6 mm101.9 mm42.6 mm89.6 mmexamined (SL)Anterior dorsal-fin lobepresentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentformed by distinct notchPricklespresent or absentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentabsentPupil shapehorizontal ellipse tohorizontal ellipse tohorizontal ellipse toelliptical to roundelliptical to roundhorizontal ellipse tohorizontal ellipse tohorizontal slithorizontal slithorizontal slithorizontal slithorizontal slitPectoral-fin notchedshallowly tomoderatelyshallowly toshallowlyshallowlynot notchedshallowlymoderatelymoderatelyColorationvariegated whitevariegated whitevariegated brownvariegated red,variegated red,variegated pinkish /mottled red andand pinkand pinkand whitewhite, and graywhite, and grayyellowish andpale with goldenwhiteslash along body