Blackbelly eelpout
📖 Overview
Found on silty or sandy bottoms . Moves into shallow water at night to feed on marine worms, crustaceans, small bivalves, and brittle stars . Few live over 5 years . If used live as bait, it attracts large rockfishes, greenlings or codfishes . Flesh considered good but not esteemed .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 90 - 107; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 70 - 90. Caudal sharply rounded but not readily distinguishable from dorsal and anal fins. Pelvic fins minute.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Blackbelly eelpout is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 9 - 399 m . Deep-water
🌿 Ecology
marine worms, crustaceans, small bivalves, and brittle stars (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | blackbelly eelpout |
| 🇫🇷French | lycode à ventre noir · lycode à ventre noire |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Viruela-do-Pacífico |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Тихоокеанский ликодопсис · Чернобрюхий ликод |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | viruela panza negra |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leurynnis paucidens | Lockington | 1879 | Synonym |
| Lycodopsis pacifica | Collett | 1879 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 19 records indexed .
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