Lycenchelys bullisi
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri)
Zoarcidae (Eelpouts)
Lycenchelys
Lycenchelys bullisi
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Characters
Moderately elongate and compressed posteriorly, with a short head, prominent head pores, and a single rayed pelvic fin. Dorsal profile of head and snout is moderately blunt. Nostril is located just above upper lip. Mouth is slightly subterminal. Upper lip is fleshy but does not form fleshy flap. Maxilla does not extend beyond middle of eye. Jaw teeth are short, conical, and arranged in a patch at symphysis and in a single row laterally. Vomer has a circular patch of teeth, and palatine has a single irregular row of four teeth. Gill slit extends from above to below pectoral fin base. Measurements are expressed as percent of SL: head length 15%–16%, snout length about 4%, eye length about 4%, pre-anal-fin distance 36%–40%, body depth 8%–9%. Pectoral fin is broad, with a vertical base and 17 or 18 rays. Dorsal fin is confluent with caudal fin and anal fin and has 100 rays. Pelvic fin is jugular and consists of a single short, fleshy ray. Anal fin has 83 rays. Vertical fins are of uniform height. Head pores consist of seven maxillary pores, two postorbital pores, one occipital pore near upper angle of operculum, one preopercular pore about midway between posterior margin of eye and posterior margin of operculum, and seven mandibular pores.
Color is uniformly light brown.
Distribution
Western Atlantic from northeastern Florida to the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Recorded from Mississippi and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat Associations
Occurs between 625 and 1,247 m depth.
Biology
Maximum known size is 180 mm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2018-10-12. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Cohen 1964
Retzer 1990
Anderson, M.E. (1994) Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. 60:120 p.
Bogutskaya, N.G. (2007) Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file.
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