Silvery eelpout

Bothrocarina microcephala

Half meter silver descending two kilometers beneath Okhotsk

Silvery eelpout is a marine fish of Northwest Pacific. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 50 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Bothrocarina
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: off northern Hokkaido, Japan and throughout the Sea of Okhotsk, northern Kurils.

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