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New findings and redescription of holotype of eelpout Lycodes semenovi Popov, 1931 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae)

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New findings of representatives of the endemic Sea of Okhotsk species—eelpout Lycodes semenovi Popov, 1931 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae)—previously known only from the type specimen are reported. The morphological description of available individuals of this rare species is provided.

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Nazarkin, V.V. Fedorov, 2007, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 743–749.

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Nazarkin, M.V., Fedorov, V.V. New findings and redescription of holotype of eelpout Lycodes semenovi Popov, 1931 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae). J. Ichthyol. 47, 701–707 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945207090032

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