The Species Black List

Careproctus cactiformis

cactus-like snailfish

The cactus-like snailfish (Careproctus cactiformis) and Herwig's snailfish (Careproctus herwigi) are each known only from a single specimen collected off eastern Argentina.

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

5, type locality or a single collection

Class

Actinopterygii

Realm

Oceanic

Locality

not specified in the source

As IUCN records it

Careproctus cactiformis Andriashev, 1990