Leucogrammolycus brychios, White-line eelpout

Leucogrammolycus brychios Mincarone & Anderson, 2008

White-line eelpout
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Leucogrammolycus: Name from Greek words meaning white, line, and wolf (commonly used as a suffix for southern zoarcid genera), referring to the characteristic white head and body striping; brychios: Name after a Greek word meaning from the depths (of the sea).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 490 - 632 m (Ref. 78520). Temperate

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78520); 20.5 cm SL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 81 - 86; Anal soft rays: 62 - 67; Vertebrae: 85 - 92. This species possess the following set of characters: vertebrae 23-26 + 62-66 = 85-92; first anal-fin pterygiophore is associated with the first or second caudal vertebrae; no scales; lateral line with mediolateral and ventral branches; upper lip is broadly attached to snout tip; gill slit do not reach ventrally to the opposite lower end of pectoral-fin base; 2 pelvic-fin rays; head pores that are relatively few, small and rounded; whitish mid-body stripe forming a chevron on top of snout (Ref. 78520).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Mincarone, M.M. and M.E. Anderson, 2008. A new genus and species of eelpout (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 1852:65-68. (Ref. 78520)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 July 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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