Author: (Roule, 1916)

Pachycara crassiceps (Roule, 1916)

Diagnosis: body fairly elongate, its depth 11-14 %TL (11.7-13.6 %SL) at anal origin, covered with scales up to pelvic fins and nape and on bases of all fins. Head very small, 13-14 %TL (12.6-14.5 %SL). Palatine teeth not retrorse, in double row at least anteriorly, in all. Pectoral finrays 17-19, fin length 10.7-13,3 %SL. Pelvic fins present. Preanal distance 36-41 %TL (38.1-43.7 %SL). Lateral line double, with ventral and midlateral branches. Vertebrae 111-118 (precaudal 27-30). Colour: uniformly black or dark chocolate brown. Eye blue. Abdomen wlth bluish tinge in juveniles, black in adults; orobranchial cavity and peritoneum black. Size: to 54 cm (Anderson, 1989).

Habitat: benthic on muddy bottoms at 652-2,191 m. Food: sipunculids, polychaetes. Reproductions: no data

Distribution. Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwest of Ireland (Porcupine Sea Bight) to off South Africa (off Cape of Good Hope, 34° 54' 9" S, 18° 12' l" E) (Anderson, 1989)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Zoarcidae
Genus Pachycara
Species Pachycara crassiceps

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Pachycara crassiceps (Roule, 1916)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Pachycara crassiceps ( Roule, 1916)

Synonyms:

Lycenchelys crassiceps Roule, 1916: 16 (original description; based on two syntypes apparently lost; type locality: Bay of Biscay). Roule, 1919: 64-66, pl. V, fig. 1. Merrett, Marshall, 1981: 240.
Lycodes macrops (non Gunther, 1880), Vaillant, 1888: 306-309.
Lycodes mucosus (non Richardson, 1855), Vaillant, 1888: 311-312.
Lycodes sp. Golovan', 1974: 289.
Lycodes atlanticus (non Jensen, 1902), Golovan' 1978: 226.
Lycodes crassiceps, Andriashev, [Fedorov], 1986: 1137, text fig.
Pachycara crassiceps, Anderson, 1989: 228-230, fig. 5,6.

Common names:

none

Anderson M E.1989. Review of the eelpout genus Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae), with descriptions of six new species. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 46(10): 221-242.

Golovan, G. A. 1978. Composition and distribution of the ichthyofauna of the continental slope of north-western Africa. Tr. Inst. Okeanol., 111: 195-258, 8 fig.

Merrett N.R.; Marshall N.B. 1981. Observations on the ecology of deep-sea bottom living fishes collected off northwest Africa (08° -27° N). Prog. Oceanogr., 9: 185-244.

Roule, L. 1916a. Notice préliminaire sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou rares des poissons provenant des croisieres de S.A.S. Ie Prince de Monaco. Bull. Inst. océanogr., Monaco, (320): 1-32.

Roule, L. 1919. Poissons provenant des campagnes du yacht 'Princesse Alice' (1891-1913) et du yacht 'Hirondelle II' (1914). Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 52: 191 pp., 7 pl.

Vaillant, L. 1888. Poissons in Expéditions scientifiques du 'Travailleur' et du 'Talisman' pendant les années 1880-1883. Masson, Paris, 406 pp., 28 pl.

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