Shortfin Eelpout

Lycodes brevipes

Minute pelvic fins (2.5 into eye diameter); rounded pectoral fin; cartilaginous ridges under head not prominent; peritoneum white; teeth on vomer (central bone in roof of mouth) and palatines; body gray, with or without light vertical bars; dorsal fin with black margin along its entire length .

Occurence: Sea of Okhotsk to Oregon, Bering Sea

Depth: 27-642 meters    Size: 30 cm

Species code: 24191

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