twoline eelpout

Bothrocara brunneum

Double lateral lines blunt gill rakers

Brown
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
North America
Anguilliform
Large

Bothrocara brunneum, the twoline eelpout, is a bathydemersal species of fish of the family Zoarcidae. The species is the only fish of the eelpouts to have two lateral lines and short blunt-ended gill rakers. The species has a wide range across the northeastern Pacific Ocean, between the Bering Sea and the shores of San Francisco, and from Attu Island to the Baja California Peninsula.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Bothrocara
Maximum length: 74 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: North Pacific: Sakhalin, Russia and Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to Attu Island in the Aleutian chain and Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico.

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