Biology:Snubnose eelpout
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Zoarcidae |
| Genus: | Pachycara |
| Species: | P. bulbiceps
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| Pachycara bulbiceps (Garman, 1899)
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The snubnose eelpout (Pachycara bulbiceps) is a species of fish in the family Zoarcidae (eelpouts).[3][4]
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
- ↑ Academy), Tomio Iwamoto (Cal (May 20, 2013). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Pachycara bulbiceps". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ "Site Maintenance". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127121.
- ↑ "California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports". Marine Research Committee.. July 12, 2010. https://books.google.com/books?id=V8Q9lEumsLoC&q=%22Pachycara+bulbiceps%22.
- ↑ "Proceedings: Biological sciences". Royal Society of London. July 12, 1998. https://books.google.com/books?id=HjXxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Pachycara+bulbiceps%22.
- ↑ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Pachycara bulbiceps". http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=1702.
- ↑ "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. https://books.google.com/books?id=tg9FkYS27XgC&q=%22Pachycara+bulbiceps%22&pg=PA145.
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=PJUhAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Pachycara+bulbiceps%22.
- ↑ 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=gd15DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Pachycara+bulbiceps%22&pg=PA2760.
- ↑ "Pachycara bulbiceps - Snubnose Eelpout". Discover Life. https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Pachycara+bulbiceps. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ↑ "Pachycara bulbiceps | NBN Atlas". https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0001745968.
- ↑ "Pachycara bulbiceps, Snubnose eelpout". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/25276.
Wikidata ☰ Q1114407 entry
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