Snubnose eelpout

The snubnose eelpout (Pachycara bulbiceps) is a species of fish in the family Zoarcidae (eelpouts).[3][4]

Snubnose eelpout
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Pachycara
Species:
P. bulbiceps
Binomial name
Pachycara bulbiceps
(Garman, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Maynea bulbiceps Garman, 1899
  • Pachycara obesa Zugmayer, 1911
  • Pachycara obesum Zugmayer, 1911

Description

The snubnose eelpout is dark brown in colour and up to 51.5 cm (1.69 ft) in length, with 112–119 vertebrae.[5] It has a bulb-shaped head, as indicated by the specific name bulbiceps.[6] It has no pelvic fins.[7]

Habitat

The snubnose eelpout lives in the North Atlantic Ocean and off the east coast of the North Pacific Ocean.[8][9] It is bathydemersal and abyssobenthic, living at depths of 2,400–4,780 m (7,870–15,680 ft).[10][11]

References
  1. Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (May 20, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pachycara bulbiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. "Site Maintenance". www.marinespecies.org.
  3. "California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports". Marine Research Committee. July 12, 2010 – via Google Books.
  4. "Proceedings: Biological sciences". Royal Society of London. July 12, 1998 – via Google Books.
  5. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Pachycara bulbiceps". species-identification.org.
  6. "Resource Inventory of Marine and Estuarine Fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A Checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean Species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon Border". U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Biological Information Infrastructure. July 12, 2005 – via Google Books.
  7. Welsh, Hartwel H. (July 12, 1988). "An Ecogeographic Analysis of the Herpetofauna of the Sierra San Pedro Martir Region, Baja California: With a Contribution to the Biogeography of the Baja California Herpetofauna". California Academy of Sciences – via Google Books.
  8. Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United (November 15, 2018). The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 4: Bony fishes part 2 (Perciformes). Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9789251092675 – via Google Books.
  9. https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Pachycara+bulbiceps
  10. "Pachycara bulbiceps | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org.
  11. "Pachycara bulbiceps, Snubnose eelpout". www.fishbase.de.
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