Twoline eelpout
📖 Overview
Found on mud or sandy-mud bottoms . The stomach contents indicate that it feeds upon a wide variety of bottom-dwelling organisms, probably eating anything it encounters that has food value and is small enough to ingest .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 100 - 112; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 95 - 100. Dorsal and anal fins enveloped anteriorly in soft gelatinous tissue . Uniform light gray or brown, semi translucent, blue or black margins on dorsal and anal fins; color stronger posteriorly, transparent on narrow margins of unpaired fins; light on lining on mouth; black on peritoneum .: eel-like.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Twoline eelpout is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Twoline eelpout is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Twoline eelpout is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 129 - 2570 m , usually 457 - ? m . Deep-water North Pacific: Sakhalin, Russia and Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Attu Island in the Aleutian chain and Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | twoline eelpout |
| 🇫🇷French | lycode à deux lignes |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Botrokara |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Viruela-de-duas-linhas |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Двухполосая ботрокара · Коричневый слизеголов |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | viruela dos rayas |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bothrocaropsis rictolata | Garman | 1899 | Synonym |
| Maynea brunnea | Bean | 1890 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 6 records indexed .
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