. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. RECORDS OF RARE EELPOUTS 151 Lycodapus endemoscotus Peden and Anderson, 1978 (Figure 2) Five specimens of this deep-water eelpout were captured in the south-central Bering Sea with an otter trawl by the NOAA vessel MILLER FREEMAN (NMFS survey) in 1983 and donated to the California Academy of Sciences by the collector, Jim Long. These two captures represent a range extension northward along the slope from British Columbia of some 3600
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. RECORDS OF RARE EELPOUTS 151 Lycodapus endemoscotus Peden and Anderson, 1978 (Figure 2) Five specimens of this deep-water eelpout were captured in the south-central Bering Sea with an otter trawl by the NOAA vessel MILLER FREEMAN (NMFS survey) in 1983 and donated to the California Academy of Sciences by the collector, Jim Long. These two captures represent a range extension northward along the slope from British Columbia of some 3600 km (Peden and Anderson 1978). A single specimen of L. endemoscotus was collected off Peru with a beam trawl fished on the bottom by the Soviet Academy of Sciences vessel AKADEMIK KURCHATOV in 1968 and sent to the author for study by Dr. A. P. Andriashev of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad. This capture represents a range extension southward along the slope from the Gulf of California of some 6700 km (Peden and Anderson 1978; see also Parin and Makushok 1973: 175, 183). All six of these specimens are identified on the basis of their characteristic gill raker shape and ratio, vertebral counts, relatively large head, and preoper- culomandibular pore FIGURE 2. Anterior aspect of Lycodapus endemoscotus (above), CAS 55606, from the Bering Sea, and L. dermatinus (below), ZMMGU P-13657, from Peru. Photo by author. Selected counts and measurements of the Bering Sea specimens as follows: vertebrae 16-17 + 69-73 = 86-89; D 79-85; A 70-72; C 1-2 + 1-4 = 8-9; P 6-8; gill rakers 0-1 + 9-10 = 9-11; vomerine teeth 8-13 (28 mm sl hatchling with 2); palatine teeth 10-16 (absent in 28 mm specimen); mandibular pores 3; preopercular pores 4; interorbita! pore 1; predorsal length ; preanal length ; body depth ; head length Gill raker ratio 49-76%. Selected counts and measurements of the Peruvian specimen as follows: vertebrae 17 + 77 = 94; D 88; A 7
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