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alaska eelpout

Bothrocara pusillum

Classification

Family
Zoarcidae

Bothrocara is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. They are found in the Pacific Ocean, with one species reaching the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Bothrocara was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1890 by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean when he described Bothrocara mollis from Cape St.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog