{{Short description|Monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Lycogrammoides schmidti.JPG | taxon = Lycogrammoides schmidti | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = Soldatov & Lindberg, 1928 | authority = Soldatov & Lindberg, 1928 }} '''''Lycogrammoides''''' is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. Its only species is '''''Lycogrammoides schmidti''''', a rare species of the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Lycogrammoides|month=June|year=2022}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== ''Lycogrammoides'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1928 by the Soviet zoologists Vladimir Soldatov and Georgiĭ Ustinovich Lindberg when they described '''''Lycogrammoides schmidti'''''. The type locality of this species is Tauyskaya Bay, off Ol'skii Island in the northern Sea of Okhotsk at a depth of {{cvt|108|m}}.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Lycodinae|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref><ref name = CofF2>{{Cof genus|genus=Lycogrammoides|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref> This genus is classified within the subfamily Lycodinae, one of 4 subfamilies in the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts.<ref name = A&F2004>{{cite journal | author1 = Anderson, M. E. | author2 = V. V . Fedorov | name-list-style = and | year = 2004 | title = Family Zoarcidae Swainson 1839 — eelpouts | journal = California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes | volume = 34 | url = https://www.calacademy.org/sites/default/files/assets/docs/zoarcidae.pdf}}</ref> This genus is the sister taxon to ''Bothrocara'', ''Bothrocarina'' and ''Lycodapus'', and these four genera form a clade within the subfamily Lycodinae.<ref name = Anderson>{{cite journal | author = M. Eric Anderson | author2 = Duane E. Stevenson | author3 = Gento Shinohara | year = 2009 | title = Systematic review of the genus ''Bothrocara'' Bean 1890 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) | journal = Ichthyological Research| volume = 56 | issue = 2 | pages = 172–194 | doi = 10.1007/s10228-008-0086-6}}</ref>
==Etymology== ''Lycogrammoides'' means having the form of ''Lycogrammus'', a synonym of ''Bothrocara''. The specific name honours the Soviet ichthyologist and worker on the fishes of the Russian Far East, Peter Schmidt.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://etyfish.org/perciformes14/ | title = Order Perciformes Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Zoarcales: Family: Zoarcidae | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1= Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp |date = 6 May 2022 | access-date = 13 November 2022 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}</ref>
==Characteristics== ''Lycogrammoides'' is characterised within the Lycodinae by having 6 suborbital bones and 6, rarely 7, pores.The males have canine like teeth. The flesh is gelatinous and scales extend quite far on to the head, reaching the cheek and nose. There is a pseudobranch, a pyloric caeca, a lateral line, vomerine and palatine teeth while they lack an oral valve and pelvic fins. There are 9 fin rays in the pectoral fin.<ref name = Anderson1994>{{cite journal | author = M. Eric Anderson | year = 1994 | title = Systematics and Osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) | journal = Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology | volume = 60 | url = http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/PdfViewer/vital:15033/SOURCEPDF?viewPdfInternal=1}}</ref> ''L. schmidti'' has a maximum published total length of {{cvt|42|cm}}.<ref name = Fishbase/>
==Distribution and habitat== ''Lycogrammoides'' is only known from the Sea of Okhotsk's outer shelf. It is a demersal fish found at depths between {{cvt|30|and|1440|m}}.<ref name = Fishbase/>
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Category:Lycodinae Category:Monotypic Actinopterygii genera