bearded eelpout
Lyconema barbatum Gilbert, 1896
Also calledViruela-barbuda (por) · viruela barbona (spa) · Усатая ликонема (rus)
First described in: Gilbert, C. H. (1896). The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. <em>United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner.</em> v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6): 393-476, Pls. 20-35.
The bearded eelpout (Lyconema barbatum) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. This species is the only species in the monospecific genus Lyconema. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Bearded Eelpout. To 22 cm (8.7 in) TL (Eric Miller, pers. comm. to M. L.). Northern Oregon (45 ° 46 ’ N, 124 ° 40 ’ W) (Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington) to between Islas San Benito and Isla de Cedros (28 ° 17 ’ N, 115 ° 28 ’ W), central Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Published reports of occurrence in the Bering Sea are mistaken (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic; depth: 45 – 472 m (148 – 1,548 ft) (min.: Personal communication: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Westminster, California. Unpublished data from their trawl surveys; max.: Shelly Moore, pers. comm. to M. L.).
Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
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Description
The bearded eelpout has 9 or 10 suborbital bones and a cephalic sensory canal with 9 pores. There are 2 parallel lines of cirri on the lower jaw and. in adults, these often extend back as far as the branchiostegal region. They have 2 fin rays in the pelvic fin. The body is covered in small scales, there are two small pyloric caecae and a lateral line. There are small on sexually dimorphic teeth in the jaws and there are vomerine teeth and palatine teeth. This species attains a maximum published total length of 17 cm (6.7 in).
Range & habitat
The bearded eelpout is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from off southern Oregon south to central Baja California, Mexico. It is a demersal fish found at depths between 82 and 373 m (269 and 1,224 ft) over soft substrates consisting of mud or a mix of sand and mud.
== References ==
In human culture
The bearded eelpout's genus name is a combination of lyco, in reference to Lycodes, meaning that this taxonm is similar to that one, but has its lower jaw furnishes with a dense mass of slender filaments or barbels, nema meaning thread. The specific name barbatum means "bearded" in another allusion to the filaments on the lower jaw.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2380898.