Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos

Ophthalmolycus lacrimegalos Prokofiev, Kobyliansky & Orlov, 2025

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Zoarcidae (Eelpouts) > Lycodinae
Etymology: Ophthalmolycus: Greek, ophthalmos = eye + Greek, lykos = wolf (Ref. 45335); lacrimegalos: Name 'lacrimegalos' from the Latin word 'lacrima' and Greek word 'megalos', meaning 'tear' and 'large', in reference to the large lachrymal bone of the new species.

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Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 1495 m (Ref. 138161). Tropical

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Antarctic Atlantic: South Orkney Is.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138161)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 97; Anal soft rays: 79; Vertebrae: 101. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: six branchiostegal rays; lachrymal enlarged and partly overlapping upper jaw; single posterior nasal pore; two postorbital pores (positions one and four); 6+0 infraorbital pores; lateral line double; 97 dorsal-fin rays; 79 anal-fin rays; 17 pectoral-fin rays; 23 abdominal and 101 total vertebrae; body scaled toward gill opening; presence of scales on abdomen; pectoral axil and in predorsal area; absence of pyloric caeca; presence of pseudobranch; and head and body dark, lacking pattern, mouth cavity pale-coloured (Ref. 138161)
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Prokofiev, A.M., S.G. Kobyliansky and A.M. Orlov, 2025. A new species of the eelpout genus Ophthalmolycus (Teleostei, Zoarcidae) from off South Orkney Islands, Weddell Sea. Zootaxa 5693(3):432-440. (Ref. 138161)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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