Abstract
is also found in the same areas; it isdistinguished from Fedorov’s eelpout by many morphological characters, osteological parameters, andlevel of variation in mitochondrial DNA nucleotidesequences (Radchenko et al., 2010; Voskoboinikovaet al., 2010; Chereshnev and PoezzhalovaChegodaeva, 2011). The most vivid feature of coloration,unambiguously separating these species, is the presence on the dorsal fin in Fedorov’s eelpout of inclineddark stripes with upper ends shifted anteriorly and alarge oval spot in the anterior part. A similar colorationpattern is found in another species of the genus,Andriashev’s eelpout (
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