Bering eelpout (Lycodes beringi)

Scientific name: Lycodes beringi Andriashev, 1935

The Bering eelpout (Lycodes beringi) is a marine fish of the family Zoarcidae.

Biology

Dorsal soft rays (total): 102-114; Anal soft rays: 90 - 102; Vertebrae: 109 - 122. This species is distinguished from L. diapterus in having scales on the nape, but not covering entire top of head to posterior margin of the orbits, usually extending anteriorly only to the occipital pores, and in having lower dorsal-fin ray (usually 111 or fewer), anal-fin ray (usually 101 or fewer), vertebral (usually 119 or fewer), and gill raker (usually 15 or fewer) counts. It differs from L. hubbsi in pectoral-fin ray count (18-21 vs. 20-23), in the position of first dorsal-fin pterygiophore (sixth or seventh interneural gap vs. third), and color pattern (L. beringi without narrow light bands extending onto dorsal fin and across nape). It differs from the L. nakamurae group in having 4 postorbital pores (vs. 1 or 2), the posteriormost without a short tube; rounded lower pectoral-fin lobe with tips of the rays rounded and the middle rays often branched, fin membrane not incised (vs. pointe

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Species facts

Scientific name
Lycodes beringi
Family
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
35.6
Depth range
76–760 m (249–2493 ft)
Environment
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 76 - 760 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Northern Pacific: Kronotskiy Bay on the southeastern Kamchatka Peninsula through the Bering Sea, Commander and Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. Records from the Sea of Okhotsk are questionable.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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