Small soft eelpout

Lycodapus microchir

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth469–1,605 m
Water temperature2–25 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 1 records
March: 0 records
April: 2 records
May: 0 records
June: 0 records
July: 1 records
August: 1 records
September: 0 records
October: 4 records
November: 1 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 469–1,605 m · Deepest record: 1,605.2 m

460–470 m: 1 records
470–480 m: 1 records
480–490 m: 0 records
490–500 m: 0 records
500–510 m: 0 records
510–520 m: 0 records
520–530 m: 0 records
530–540 m: 0 records
540–550 m: 0 records
550–560 m: 0 records
560–570 m: 0 records
570+ m: 7 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 2–25 °C

2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 1 records
8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 1 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 2 records
16–18 °C: 3 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 0 records
24–26 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Small soft eelpout

Names in 1 more languages

Japanese: Yawaragenge, ヤワラゲンゲ

Similar species

Porous-head eelpout
Bothrocara hollandi
Soft eelpout
Bothrocara molle
Jelly eelpout
Bothrocara tanakae
Bothrocara zestum
Silvery eelpout
Bothrocarina microcephala
Davidijordania poecilimon

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
10 open-data records from 1893 to 2023.
Species data updated November 4, 2026.

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