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Lycodapus fierasfer Gilbert, 1890. Blackmouth Eelpout. To 14.1 cm (5.6 in) SL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Western Bering Sea on Shirshov Ridge (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); eastern Bering Sea (Peden and Anderson
1978, 1981); and off Dixon Entrance, northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.)
to Peru (Anderson 1989). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic to benthopelagic, at depths to 102–2,189 m
(335–7,182 ft; Peden and Anderson 1978). Lycodapus grossidens Gilbert, 1915, in part, is a synonym.
Lycodapus leptus Peden & Anderson, 1981. Slender Eelpout. To 9.8 cm (3.9 in) SL. Eastern Bering Sea.
Mesopelagic, at depths to 465–760 m (1,526–2,493 ft). All in Peden and Anderson (1981).
Lycodapus mandibularis Gilbert, 1915. Pallid Eelpout. To 19.8 cm (7.8 in) SL (Peden and Anderson 1978).
Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska to La Jolla Canyon, southern California (Peden and Anderson
1978). A report of occurrence off Peru is a mistake (M. E. Anderson, pers. comm. to C. W. M., 1 Dec.
1998). Mesopelagic, typically taken in midwater tows at depths to 800 m (2,625 ft) but sometimes in
bottom trawls (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); reported as shallow as 203 m (666 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers.
comm. to M. L.) and deep as 1,237 m (4,058 ft; Lauth 2000).
Lycodapus pachysoma Peden & Anderson, 1978. Stout Eelpout. To 20 cm (7.9 in) TL (Anderson in Gon
and Heemstra 1990). Eastern Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean (Peden and Anderson 1978); Bering
Sea, Alaska (D. E. Stevenson, pers. comm. to C. W. M.; specimen identified by M. E. Anderson); near
Alaska off Dixon Entrance, northern British Columbia (G. E. Gillespie, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to
Oregon (50°54'N; Peden and Anderson 1978). Mesopelagic and bathypelagic, at depths of 534–2,600 m
(1,752–8,530 ft) (min.: UW 47335; max.: Anderson in Gon and Heemstra 1990).
Lycodapus parviceps Gilbert, 1896. Smallhead Eelpout. To 12.2 cm (4.8 in) TL (Peden and Anderson 1978),
perhaps to 16.6 cm (6.5 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Southeastern Bering Sea off Unalaska Island
(Gilbert 1896) to Strait of Juan de Fuca near British Columbia–Washington border (Peden and Anderson
1978). Mesopelagic, at depths to 81–469 m (266–1,539 ft) (min.: Peden and Anderson 1978; max.: UW 47562).
Lycodapus poecilus Peden & Anderson, 1981. Variform Eelpout. To 12.6 cm (5.0 in) SL (Peden and Anderson
1981). Eastern Bering Sea continental slope (Peden and Anderson 1981). Mesopelagic, at depths to
313–900 m (1,027–2,952 ft) (min.: UW 47567; max.: Peden and Anderson 1981).
Lycodapus psarostomatus Peden & Anderson, 1981. Specklemouth Eelpout. To 15.5 cm (6.1 in) SL (Peden
and Anderson 1981). Eastern Bering Sea (Peden and Anderson 1981); British Columbia (Peden 2003);
Monterey Bay, central California (Anderson 1989). Mesopelagic, at depths to 470–590 m (1,542–1,936 ft;
Peden and Anderson 1981). The one record from California was a 9.8 cm SL specimen collected by
midwater trawl at 0–15 m (0–49 ft; Anderson 1989).
Lycodes brevipes Bean, 1890. Shortfin Eelpout. To 32.8 cm (12.9 in) TL (Toyoshima 1985). Eastern Chukchi
Sea (UAM 4563; 69°40'N, 168°39'W), western and eastern Bering Sea and eastern Aleutian Islands
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to central California (34°34'N; Weinberg et al. 2002). Benthic, at depths of 13–
973 m (42–3,192 ft) (min.: W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.; max.: Allen and Smith 1988), reported
at about 2 m (7 ft) or less in beach seine catch (Miller et al. 1977).
Lycodes brunneofasciatus Suvorov, 1935. Tawnystripe Eelpout. To 65.5 cm TL (Toyoshima 1985). Sea of
Okhotsk and North Pacific off Hokkaido to southeastern Kamchatka and Commander Islands; one
record from eastern North Pacific near Unalaska Island, Alaska. Benthic, at depths of 20–800 m. All
except length in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Lycodes concolor Gill & Townsend, 1897. Ebony Eelpout. To about 80 cm (31.5 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al.
2002). Western Bering Sea to southern Okhotsk Sea and northern Kuril Islands; one eastern Chukchi
Sea record; eastern Bering Sea from Navarin Canyon to Aleutian Islands and west to Stalemate Bank, and
south of Aleutian Islands to Kodiak Island, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic, at
depths of 42–1,200 m (138–3,937 ft) (min.: Allen and Smith 1988; max.: Hoff and Britt 2003).