Alaska eelpout

materials_examined

UW 20683, 2 (130 - 146 mm), western Gulf of Alaska, 57.036 ° N, 153.954 ° W, 132 m depth; UW 28065, 159 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 57.09 ° N, 153.9 ° W, 146 m depth; UW 28066, 4 (109 - 164 mm), western Gulf of Alaska, 57.086 ° N, 153.9 ° W, 146 m depth; UW 40776, 126 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 60.059 ° N, 147.156 ° W, 216 m depth; UW 43798, 123 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 56.775 ° N, 158.033 ° W, 255 m depth; UW 46034, 133 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 57.118 ° N, 151.802 ° W, 80 m depth; UW 46035, 2 (124 - 140 mm), western Gulf of Alaska, 57.498 ° N, 155.358 ° W, 276 m depth; UW 46036, 131 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 59.736 ° N, 149.33 ° W, 226 m depth; UW 46037, 131 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 57.173 ° N, 155.594 ° W, 264 m depth; UW 46038, 127 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 57.664 ° N, 154.888 ° W, 228 m depth; UW 47285, 96 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 56.49 ° N, 155.32 ° W, 273 m depth; UW 47983, 2 (108 - 171 mm), western Gulf of Alaska, 57.081 ° N, 153.908 ° W, 179 m depth; UW 47991, 149 mm, western Gulf of Alaska, 58.06 ° N, 152.48 ° W, 186 m depth; UW 48458, 108 mm, eastern Bering Sea, 54.486 ° N, 167.212 ° W, 524 m depth; UW 111825, 3 (120 - 139 mm), western Gulf of Alaska, 56.

Bothrocara nyx: a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Bering Sea.

description

Alaska Eelpout. To 17.1 cm (6.7 in) SL (Stevenson and Anderson 2005). Eastern Bering Sea (Anderson 1994) to Oregon (Gillespie 1993). Benthic; depth: 55 – 642 m (180 – 2,106 ft) (Anderson et al. 2009). Some authors (e. g., Balushkin et al. 2011 and Fricke et al. 2020) consider this species to be valid as Bentartia pusillum (Bean, 1890).

Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico