| Family: |
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts), subfamily: Lycodinae |
| Max. size: |
21 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 1020 - 2005 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: known only by the holotype caught off Japan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 118-118; Anal soft rays: 104-104; Vertebrae: 128-128. Body not elongated, depth 6.5% TL; in the seismosensory system of head, no interorbital or occipital commissure or pores; 3 pores in the postorbital canal on the left (first, third and fourth), 4 pores on the right; lateral line on the body with two branches (mediolateral and ventral); head fairly short, 14.8% TL; preanal distance 30.8% TL; snout long; ventral fins situated far anteriorly on the throat, nearly on the vertical through the middle of the space between the posterior edge of the orbit and the preopercle (Ref. 41674). |
| Biology: |
Maximum depth from type locality data (Ref. 51665). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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