Bellingshausenia olasoi

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Bellingshausenia olasoi Matallanas, 2009

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Bellingshausenia: Named for its type locality, Bellingshausen Sea.;  olasoi: Named for Dr. Ignacio Olaso..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 615 m (Ref. 81218). Temperate

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Antarctic: Bellingshausen Sea, Southern Ocean.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 81218); 25.4 cm SL (female)

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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: branchiostegal rays 7; scapular foramen open; narrow cranium; smooth ceratohyal-epihyal articulation; well developed palatal arch; no supratemporal commissure and occipital pores; reduced intercalar, displaced backward; smooth ceratohyal-epihyal juncture, well-developed palatal arch and parasphenoid wing reaching mid-height of the trigeminofacialis foramen; presence of scales, lateral line, pelvic fins, pseudobranch, pyloric caeca, vomerine and palatine teeth (Ref. 81218).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Matallanas, J., 2009. Description of a new genus and species of zoarcid fish, Bellingshausenia olasoi, from the Bellinghausen Sea (Southern Ocean). Polar Biol. 32(6):873-878. (Ref. 81218)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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