Allocareproctus kallaion, the combed 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 east-central Aleutian Islands.Orr, J.W. and M.S. Busby, 2006. Revision of the snailfish genus Allocareproctus Pitruk & Fedorov (Teleostei: Liparidae), with descriptions of four new species from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 1173:1-37
Size This species reaches a length of .
Etymology The fish's name in Greek means "comb", which refers to the multiple projections on the orobuccal valve and a single row of teeth on the posterior part of the dentary.
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