A New Species of Lycodes (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Aleutian Islands From: Copeia | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Stevenson, Duane E; Orr, James W | Copyright American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Mar 1, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A new species of eelpout, Lycodes akuugun, is described from the Aleutian Islands on the basis of 11 specimens collected during bottom-trawl surveys from 1994 through 2004. This species has a distinctive color pattern, characterized by a dark brown dorsum separated from a light gray ventrum by a distinct border running along the lateral surface of the head and most of the body, as well as several distinct narrow bars on the dorsal fin and a light blotch on the posterodorsal portion of the cau...